Just as in adolescence, most of us are teetering between “in control” and “out of control.” Each what if? requires a multitude of compromises and leads to more complicated scenarios without obvious answers. Like a childhood ride, around and around we go. It’s dizzying. There are lots of questions and too many choices. And so […]

There is a constant sense of uncertainty in the air and angst is our constant companion. It feels like we have been frozen in the midst of never-ending transition. Way too often these days, I’m asked, “What gives?” My unequivocal response is, VUCA times have arrived! (VUCA – volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity.) So hold […]

Do you want to transition out of a job that pays the mortgage but leaves your soul bankrupt? Are you asking yourself, should you stay or should you go, in light of troubling times? Want to re-design your life so you have greater positive impact on your family, colleagues, and community?  Are you a leader […]

In nature every winter, rows of trees stand bare without any apparent purpose, their old leaves crushed into the snow. But with the coming of spring, the very branches that were barren become lush with blossom. What once was in full bloom gives way to the rays of a summer sun and melts into a […]

All great transformations start from within. One of the most incredible is the caterpillar’s metamorphosis into a butterfly. Anyone who feels that a life change is impossible to make need only look to the chrysalis to see that nothing is impossible with vision, internal transformation, persistence, and collective action. Within the chrysalis, the caterpillar first […]

In broadest terms, greatness is a vague concept that is almost completely dependent on a person’s perspective and biases. Without an understanding of what greatness looks like for each of us, we can be assured never to reach it, much less catalyze someone else’s. I know that when I’m in my greatness I “ring true.” […]

In 1826, as soldiers marched across a bridge that spanned the River Irwell in England, the bridge began vibrating in time with their steps, ever more violently, until the bridge collapsed. From that point on, British soldiers were ordered to break step when marching across a bridge. What happened was a physics phenomenon called resonance. […]

It is an accepted myth that when people grow older, they fall apart and don’t do anything. I don’t think that is altogether true.  I think it is absolutely up to the individual. I mean, if you feel over the hill, you are over the hill. Each of us must do whatever we have a passion […]

City officials in Vienna, Austria, have been taking a novel approach to urban planning for nearly two decades: asking people how they use the city, and then redesigning public spaces and housing based on actual needs. The impetus for this is an official policy approach called “gender mainstreaming,” which the city uses to take gender […]

No matter where we choose to live, we do have to consider the reality that our bodies and minds will continue to age. The solution isn’t a community to take care of us. We need a community in which we all take care of one another. Some Leading-Edge Boomers have suggested a modern twist on […]