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Trust: The Discipline of Vulnerability Part 2: Timing Structure makes scale possible.Timing makes scale stable. Trust makes scale sustainable, and this is the uncomfortable one. In the horn section, you cannot play someone else’s instrument for them. You can prepare.You can listen.You can support. But when the entrance comes, they are responsible for their note. And you are dependent on … Read more
Timing: Leadership Has Tempo Part 1: Structure Architecture without tempo just sits there. You can design a clean system. You can define ownership. You can document everything properly. And it can still fail if the timing is wrong. Horn players learn this early. Oh, the wonders of being able to play almost an entire scale with one valve. Treacherous. Trombonists, … Read more
Structure: Architecture Before Heroics Structure. Timing. Trust. What Enterprise Technology Leadership and French Horn Playing Have in Common, More Than They Should I recently fed my website into one of those AI podcast tools. The kind that reads your content and then confidently discusses you like it just binge-watched your entire life. It was pretty neat – two fake people … Read more
This is another post I originally posted on LinkedIn. Sharing here to keep a good history of the article. That original post can be viewed here. So, each year for Thanksgiving I make two dishes – by request.A cheesecake (some say it’s glorious, some bow, others simply whisper its name), and a parmesan spinach that has become… well… a thing … Read more
This is a copy of a post I placed on LinkedIn. Feedback its a Two-Way Street: The Gift You Must Be Ready to Receive At work we often hear and read complaints about the lack of feedback. Team members claim they crave it, and we as leaders, strive to provide it. But there’s an unspoken truth: many of those asking for … Read more
This is a Great cause! Take a moment and go buy a T-Shirt to help support the rescuing of Dogs in our area! Here’s a little info on Bones for Homes: Bones for Homes by Elijah is the dream of seven year old Elijah. He was devastated after learning that some animals in shelters must … Read more
As a husband of a Teacher, this is right on. This video is from a recent Knox County School board meeting… A teacher gives her opinion about the new evaluation process for teachers in Tennessee.