The Right Side Of Risk

The Right Side Of Risk

Time sure does fly. It’s hard for me to believe that it’s been over ten years since my first book, Right Risk, was published. At the time, risk-taking was very much on my mind. I was restless and overly content in a six-figure job with Accenture, one of the world’s...
Mentoring Matters

Mentoring Matters

My life and career have been propped up by mentors. They have been the difference-makers for me. Now that I am at life’s halfway point – I turned 50 this year – I am especially conscious about how much of an impact they have had on who I am. I’m always troubled when a...
Looking For The Right Risks In Your Life

Looking For The Right Risks In Your Life

New opportunities – how scary and exhilarating they can be! The tricky thing with opportunity is that they also come with risk. The right risk might stop you in your tracks, but do you really want your fear of risk to stop you from accessing all of the...

The Danger Of Ignoring Ideas

I’ve been to MIT and helped to lead a strategic planning process for a gifted group of researchers. I know that session went well, but I don’t think I wowed them with my ideas like this young man from Sierra Leone wowed me and the MIT community. Kelvin Doe...