My 5 Tips to Creating Intentional and Impactful Resolutions

My 5 Tips to Creating Intentional and Impactful Resolutions

It’s almost New Year’s resolution time! Here are a few tips for you… I’ve been a big resolution and goal setter my entire life. I find it really helps me articulate my goals and then track them. To use today’s nomenclature, it’s a way to hold my self accountable....
CONCORDIA SUMMIT REFLECTIONS

CONCORDIA SUMMIT REFLECTIONS

I recently had the opportunity to attend my first conference in-person since the start of the pandemic last March. Held concurrently with the United Nations General Assembly, the Concordia Summit was founded ten years ago. I was honored to sit on a panel and attend...
What Do We Do?

What Do We Do?

Marches. Protests. Riots. Each is a different, unique expression of anguish facing communities and their allies. Each is capable of evolving into another in an instant, with or without actual, representative intent, much less strategic planning. All of them are rooted...
Ode to Les: Six Life Lessons My Mentor Taught Me

Ode to Les: Six Life Lessons My Mentor Taught Me

I got an out-of-the-blue email the other day from a couple of old friends and colleagues. They were looping me into a broader email thread of former Les Aspin staffers in honor of the twenty-fifth anniversary of Les’ death. For those of you who don’t know, Aspin was...