The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J. R. R. Tolkien w/Ryan J. Stout— Welcome and Introduction – 0:00:02 There and Back Again, A Hobbit’s Journey – 0:01:15 Navigating Conflicts: Lessons in Relationship Survival and the Power of Nature...
Read moreLeaders, here are the top five failures of the year of COVID. — Pick up your copy of 12 Rules for Leaders: The Foundation of Intentional Leadership NOW on AMAZON! Check out the 2022 Leadership Lessons From the Great Books podcast reading...
Read moreEnder’s Game by Orson Scott Card w/Christen Horne — — Pick up your copy of 12 Rules for Leaders: The Foundation of Intentional Leadership NOW on AMAZON! Check out the 2022 Leadership Lessons From the Great Books podcast reading list! —...
Read moreThe problem is that just like the word “fair,” the word “enough” means different things to different people. And just as there will never be “enough” (and a person should watch using words such as“never” and “always” as well, but Read more…
The ultimate purpose of managing interpersonal conflict is to grow us emotionally in self-awareness, storytelling, emotional management, and moral and ethical character. There aren’t any apps, searches, or other fancy technological shortcuts for the development of those traits in us.
The opposite of civilization is human nature. And occasionally, regrettably, human nature finds a way to break through the behavioral, cultural, social, and even religious boundaries constructed assiduously around it. We define this “breaking through,” as conflict, violence, and—at the Read more…
No one will ever know what you know, in the way that you know it, as passionately as you know it, and care about it as much as you do. So, that solution that you “know” will “work” for the Read more…
Two things are happening simultaneously in our organizational cultures, our markets, and our personal lives. We have established non-curiosity (“I don’t care how it works, I just want it to work”) as the new standard for engaging with the work, Read more…
If work isn’t ‘driving your bus,’ then what exactly is motivating you to act with purpose in a world where emotional labor matters more now than ever before.
There is a story (probably apocryphal) that the comedian Louis C.K., burns his jokes, his stand-up material, and his writing after successfully delivering it at the end of each year. This story reads like a corollary to the idea (popularized Read more…
When the answer to the question is “Nobody,” we’ve got to reexamine what the inherent messages are in the funnel of school to work. When the answer to the question is “I already work hard enough,” we’ve got to redefine Read more…
Most, if not all, of the problems and conflicts in organizations, stem from cultural issues, baked in before you started working there. “This is how we do things here.” (Status quo) “Isn’t everything going great here?” (False expectations/Poor feedback loop) Read more…
It’s hard to know when you’re inside the hurricane if the storm is passing over, or stalled out. In either case, preparation, intentionality, and awareness will save your house. But only if you act and work before the hurricane comes Read more…
There is value is putting on a show for some audiences. Without the show, there is no connection. Without the show, there is no invitation to participation. Without the show, there is no permission to be vulnerable in ways that Read more…
No great change happens without conflict. Not one. And every great conflict generates resistance. Every time. So, since you know both things, decisions should be comparatively easy to make about change. Right?
The disconnect between what people know about how the Internet (and by extension social media) “works” (choices, behaviors, options, etc.) and what people use the Internet (and social media) to accomplish (tasks) is underrated and massive. Part of the disconnect Read more…
Fear of not connecting with another person, fear of not making an impact, fear of speaking and having no one listen, is the old resistance, dressed up in a new outfit. It’s really just another form of hiding. Attempt to Read more…
This post may not apply to you, but consider it a warning: It doesn’t matter how well-meaning you are. It doesn’t matter how intentional you are. It doesn’t matter if, after saying what you said, you respond to another person Read more…
Making noise, making a point, and making a difference are different actions. Where we run into trouble is when we conflate the results of all three and then use those results (and that conflation) to determine what our story will Read more…
The deepest dive you can do is into yourself. If you want to find the resistance to changes that need to be made in your organization, it starts with you. If you want to discover why other people aren’t resonating Read more…
The equation that drives change is simple: Dissatisfaction times Vision times First Steps must be greater than the Resistance to the impact of all three combined or else change efforts falter. There are plenty of dissatisfied people in your workplace, Read more…
The two most difficult roadblocks to success in resolving hard problems are the presence of real trade-offs and considerations of power. Most complicated problems and difficult conflicts have simple solutions. We often confuse what we believe is a hard solution with Read more…
We here at HSCT think of the question “What are you reading?” in the same way that Joan Rivers asks the question “Who are you wearing?” So, for all of those who are interested, the following is our 2014 Book Read more…
Peace builder’s have to be willing to get vulnerable in their marketing. In a professional field, dominated by people familiar with—and comfortable with—the way that the world worked under Industrial Revolution rules, this can be a difficult transition. Peace builders Read more…
There are savvy peace builders all over the place. Unfortunately, sometimes it is difficult to talk with people who understand what is going on, with you, your business, or even your approach to peace. There are attorneys who mediate Read more…
Leaders, there are lessons to be learned from the leadership at Twitter, Tesla, and Space X. — Pick up your copy of 12 Rules for Leaders: The Foundation of Intentional Leadership NOW on AMAZON! Check out the 2022 Leadership Lessons From the Read more…
Vaclav Havel, The UAW, Modern Progressivism & Labor Day History— Welcome and Introduction The Power of the Powerless by Vaclav Havel The Literary Life of Vaclav Havel What Constitutes a Dissident Posture in a Progressive U.S. Culture? The UAW and Read more…
Leaders, watch out for scammers, flim-flam artists, con men, and marketers.— Pick up your copy of 12 Rules for Leaders: The Foundation of Intentional Leadership NOW on AMAZON! Check out the 2022 Leadership Lessons From the Great Books podcast reading list! Read more…
Moby-Dick; or, The Whale by Herman Melville— Welcome and Introduction “Call me Ishmael.” The Literary Life of Herman Melville Whaling as a Serious Business The Dickensian Aspect of Chasing the Whale Starbuck’s Objections Leadership Lessons From Captain Ahab What Made Read more…
Leaders, unseriousness has consequences. — Pick up your copy of 12 Rules for Leaders: The Foundation of Intentional Leadership NOW on AMAZON! Check out the 2022 Leadership Lessons From the Great Books podcast reading list! — Check out HSCT Publishing at: https://www.hsctpublishing.com/. Read more…
The Scarlet Letter: A Romance by Nathaniel Hawthorne w/Libby Unger— Welcome and Introduction The Matrons on Hester Prynne The Literary Life of Nathaniel Hawthorne Critiques of Hawthorne From the Right and the Left The Power of Geography and Place The Read more…
Leaders, your neighbor has always been angry. — Pick up your copy of 12 Rules for Leaders: The Foundation of Intentional Leadership NOW on AMAZON! Check out the 2022 Leadership Lessons From the Great Books podcast reading list! — Check out HSCT Read more…