A few weeks ago, I participated in a very special event. It was Frances Hesselbein’s 105th birthday celebration on November 1. In observance of the occasion, friends and colleagues gathered for a festschrift in her honor. And this was a different kind of festschrift. Instead of the usual reading of scholarly papers, for this festschrift we …
Personal History
Cleveland’s Arcade – An American Art Nouveau Treasure
Since a visit to Cleveland in mid-2019, it has been my intention to share a few observations about the city (or the part I visited, mostly on the shore of Lake Erie and what is generally referred to as Cleveland’s “historic downtown”). I had been to Cleveland before, at least twice, both times on business. …
9/11
As this day of limited national mourning comes to an end, I am reminded of something I bring out sometimes. Not every year on September 11, but often, because I need to find some sort of strength in what we – as a nation – experienced nineteen years ago. And this year I choose to …
The Power of Breath
[A comment from Guy: I can think of no more appropriate way to observe the beginning and the end of this summer than to offer this post from my new friend Donita Volkwijn. She is with Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, where she is the Manager, Knowledge Management. She and I met recently when I attended a …
Celebrating the Elephants
Much of what we hear about the elephants is not good news. The dwindling numbers (in just about all species), the poaching, the agreements – sometimes observed and sometimes not – about hunting. Then there was the report in early July of the mysterious (and not poaching-related) deaths of some 356 elephants in Botswana. Let’s …
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