Watch a sailboat going 50-60mph and all you can say is "WOW, that is fast, really fast." SailGP brought six boats to San Francisco Bay for a thrilling set of races on May 4-5 2019. These high tech, hydrofoil boats literally fly over the …
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Silence: A Tool for Building Collaboration
We were sitting in silence at a Friends (Quaker) Meeting service. The silence was broken by a man who stood up and starting ranting about his concerns and political perspectives. He became louder and louder. This was not the place for this …
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Explore the Tidepools in Your Office
Rachel Carson's books the Edge of the Sea and A Sense of Wonder introduced many readers to the "spectacle of life" in tidepools. Do you remember the first time you wandered to the edge of a tidepool? Perhaps, at first glance you did not …
Are you Willing to Create “Islands of Sanity”?
Margaret Wheatley published an article titled “Who Do You Choose to Be? An Invitation to the Nobility of Leadership”. She asked the question “Are you willing to use whatever power and influence you have to create islands of sanity?” It is …
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“Nothing Finer than Messing About in Boats”… Are You Enjoying the Journey?
Did you read Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Graham as a child? One of my favorite quotes from that book is: “there is nothing-absolutely nothing- half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.” Rowboats, canoes, dories, kayaks …
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