The radio show “Fresh Air” fills our car as my husband David and I drive home to Colorado. Terry Gross, the host, is interviewing Charles Duhigg about his new book, The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We …
As a beacon known throughout the world, the Olympic rings have inspired new standards of athletic performance since their debut (click here to read a history in PDF format). But are they capable of motivating new standards for sustainability?…
Author Karen Flanders joined Wisdom Works in 2012 as Sustainability Practice Leader. This is her first blog for Wellbeing + Strategy.
It is a privilege and a pleasure for me to be associated with Wisdom Works for so many …
What if the very grammar rules you were taught in grade school were shaping your wellness and that of your company or community? Working with leaders from many cultures around the planet, I often find myself investigating the personal, workplace, …
I’m a sucker for good vision. No, I don’t mean eyesight, although the human eye is a magnificent device. I mean aspirations, the things a leader sees that are outside ordinary perception, beyond the horizon, or perhaps not yet even …
Part of Wisdom Works’ promise to our clients is to stay abreast of the health and wellness trends which affect how leaders lead. So it was a delight for me to organize our recent mind-expanding, heart-opening leader-to-leader event named The …
It’s amazing to me that after two decades of investigating the source of wellbeing, my clients, friends, and family members still open my mind to new insights. What causes wellbeing? What develops it? What sustains it? As leaders seeking to …
It felt like the kind of heat that curls paint from the walls. It was the heat wave of 2010 and there I was among 80 leaders in the Adirondack Mountains. While the mountains sound like a nice cool summer …
Last week, Gallup advertised a leadership and organizational development program that I’d imagined coming from Wisdom Works. I felt deflated. Instead of igniting my inner fires of competition or a spirit of collaboration with like-minded colleagues, this news took the …
A hodge-podge of friends at my favorite local coffee shop seemed to light up to the topic of the day’s conversation: wealth and poverty. From a real estate investor and retired corporate professionals to a musician and a yoga instructor, …
