Start a Sidcha! Resolutions and short-term thinking create short-term results and long-term failure. Start a Sidcha to last a lifetime. I just read yet another thread of people pledging resolutions, suspiciously many being ones they failed last year. This year they really meant it, though. Right. I had to comment on what works and doesn’t. Habits that work The day Nelson Mandela walked free for the first time in 27 years–a day of global importance[…] Keep reading →

One of my top resources on the environment is the book Limits to Growth. Reading it was revelatory. They approached the environment the way I thought made sense, then created a model, researched the numbers, plugged them in, and got answers. What made sense was what they call a systemic approach—not to look at one of all the interacting parts, but to look at the whole system, including how the[…] Keep reading →

Some voters seem to vote based on single issues—guns and abortion seem the big ones. Here’s an idea for someone running for office: campaign that on those issues, you will keep things as-is for your term. You won’t move to move things one way or the other. You could even suggest that you’d resist others trying to move things. Many might not like it, but it may diffuse people hating[…] Keep reading →

Stop the presses Today’s episode of Leadership and the Environment is Player FM’s Podcast of the Day! … a great honor for a new podcast. It features conversation #1 with Tanner Gers — Paralympic U.S. Gold Medalist, Beep Baseball (baseball for the blind) star, TEDx speaker, coach, podcaster, and more. The credit goes to: All of you, for subscribing and reviewing, helping it reach #38, with 70+ reviews, overwhelmingly 5-star.[…] Keep reading →

100 years ago tomorrow, the United States President appealed to the nation to eat less meat and sugar. The reason then was to support allies in World War I. The stakes today seem less acute but comparably high. If the president could do it then, a president can do it now. The current president might not, based on how much sugar and meat he eats, but in principle a president[…] Keep reading →

Forbes’ columnist Tim Francis of the company Profit Factory covered me with a video interview, How Leadership by Authority Can be Counter-Productive, at the core of my leadership practice and what I teach. Leading through authority is beyond ineffective. It’s generally counterproductive. Watch the video for why. Actually, watch the video for more than why: watch to learn what to use instead of authority and how to develop the relevant[…] Keep reading →

Thanks to all of you—listeners and guests—Leadership and the Environment launched at 38: to overwhelmingly 5-star reviews: I don’t know how many people listened and subscribed, but it’s short of the billions whose beliefs and behavior have to change to clean the air, water, and land we share, so we have a way to go. The measure of success is not ranking, but measurables like amount of litter, number of[…] Keep reading →

Forbes article #1 this week Cheryl Snapp Conner, who has written posts with tens of millions of views, profiled me today in Forbes, Influence: How To Get It, Keep It, Use It For Business, (which came out just after my morning burpees). If you came here from that story, you know my passion for helping people change their environmental beliefs and behavior embodied in the new podcast, Leadership and the Environment.[…] Keep reading →

Here is an email I’m sending tomorrow, relevant to people who care about Leadership and the Environment: Hello friends, family, and people I’ve worked with this year​, I’m writing you who have seen my passion evolve in 2017 from launching my book to launching my podcast, Leadership and the Environment.​ Please listen if you haven’t, especially Episode Zero, which gives its back story. But first read on. The podcast goal and[…] Keep reading →