This post originally appeared as the first in a series of 3 guest articles on Luc Galoppin's blog. Human energy is the currency of change. Mental, emotional, and physical energy are required to shift minds, hearts, and bodies into new patterns. Resilience—thriving in...

My sister Barbara, a management science/operations management professor, recommended this book. Onto my Kindle it went, and I read it on a recent business trip. Atul Gawande, The Checklist Manifesto. Metropolitan Books, 2009. When I first heard the title, I thought,...

Many people are dissatisfied with where they are in their lives, but, when asked what it is they want instead, have a hard time articulating a response. The art of creating a clear vision is an important one. When someone comes to me for my advice on life, career,...

Every now and then so many things show up in a particular area of my life that it's hard not to notice a theme. Recently it's been the resilience characteristic of Flexible: Social, which describes how resilient people are able to effectively draw on others for...

When an athlete works to build strength, small tears in the muscles result from the strain. As these heal, the muscles become larger and stronger. Clark Aldrich, an expert in the design of simulation-based learning, deliberately designs "frustration cycles" into his...