Best Wishes for the Holidays!
Last May I announced I was going to take a “sabbatical” for several months to recharge my batteries, refocus my energy, and just plain recover from being on the go 24×7 for way too many years. Well,...
View ArticleSummertime, and the livin’ is …[?]
This note is going to be short, although I have been writing it in my head for the last two weeks. To be blunt, I need some time off. I’ve just come out of eight months or so of incredibly intense,...
View ArticleLeadership Lessons from Steve Kerr
(AP Photo/Ben Margot) The subtitle of my most recent book (Making Meetings Matter) is “How Smart Leaders Orchestrate Powerful Conversations in the Digital Age.” The key words in that phrase are...
View ArticleOrchestrating Conversations about the Future
As I say almost every week: Smart leaders in 2017 don’t design good conversations, they orchestrate them. I’ve also commented often that organizational leaders spend very little time thinking or...
View ArticleNine Rules for Leading a Constructive Conversation
Smart leaders in 2017 don’t design good conversations, they orchestrate them. What do I mean by that? For me, Design is a creative process that begins with the end in mind and identifies the resources...
View ArticleCreating Conversations That Matter
“Creating a positive future begins in human conversation. The simplest and most powerful investment any member of a community or an organization may make in renewal is to begin talking with other...
View ArticleWhat’s in YOUR Future?
These days it feels as if there is a story about another new technology on every other page of every other newspaper or magazine, or – more appropriately – every other website or tweet. We all know how...
View ArticleSell Holes, Not Drills
There’s an article in today’s San Francisco Chronicle that made me remember a cute story about sharing – or not: Tommy and Johnny were four-year-old twins. One day they were playing on the floor when...
View ArticleStop Trying to Predict the Future; Just Ask “What if?”
I’ve written many times about the challenges we all face trying to predict the future. Just last week I offered “Seven Principles for Taking Charge of Your Future.” None of them involves predicting...
View ArticleSeven Principles for Taking Charge of Your Future
I’ve just returned from a life-changing workshop. It was the first annual “Indie Books International Family and Friends Forum,” organized by Henry DeVries and Mark LeBlanc (Mark’s on the left) for...
View Article“Making Meetings Matter” is now featured on the C-Suite Book Club!
I am very pleased that the C-Suite Book Club is currently featuring Making Meetings Matter, my most recent book. The link is right here: http://www.c-suitebookclub.com/book-store/james-p-ware-phd/...
View ArticleTwo Free Reports You Should Definitely Check Out
My silence the last several weeks stems from the fact that I have just returned from a three-week business/pleasure trip to England and France. While technically I could have easily posted from there,...
View ArticleHow to Cope with Anxiety about the Future
I’m continuing to ask almost everyone I talk to these four “simple” questions: What aspects of the future of work are you most excited about? What are you most uneasy about? What technology do you...
View ArticleWhat Gets You Excited About the Future of Work?
There are four questions I’m asking everyone I know these days – and that includes you: What aspects of the future of work are you most excited about? What are you most uneasy about? What technology do...
View ArticleTalking About Tomorrow: Four Questions
Last week I announced a new research project focused on gathering insights and ideas from a wide range of smart people (that is, almost everyone I know, plus many of you who I don’t know – yet). There...
View ArticleSeven Principles for Taking Charge of Your Future
I’ve just returned from a life-changing workshop. It was the first annual “Indie Books International Family and Friends Forum,” organized by Henry DeVries and Mark LeBlanc (Mark’s on the left) for...
View Article“Making Meetings Matter” is now featured on the C-Suite Book Club!
I am very pleased that the C-Suite Book Club is now listing Making Meetings Matter, my most recent book. The link is right here: http://www.c-suitebookclub.com/book-store/james-p-ware-phd/ Check it...
View ArticleTwo Free Reports You Should Definitely Check Out
My silence the last several weeks stems from the fact that I have just returned from a three-week business/pleasure trip to England and France. While technically I could have easily posted from there,...
View ArticleHow to Cope with Anxiety about the Future
I’m continuing to ask almost everyone I talk to these four “simple” questions: What aspects of the future of work are you most excited about? What are you most uneasy about? What technology do you...
View ArticleWhat Gets You Excited About the Future of Work?
There are four questions I’m asking everyone I know these days – and that includes you: What aspects of the future of work are you most excited about? What are you most uneasy about? What technology do...
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