Art of Conversation Workshop Discount!

Art of Conversation Workshop Discount!

I am offering a 25% discount on my standard workshop fee. Entering the final part of the year, and before I “hibernate” over the holidays to do some reflection and thought-work for 2019, I am filling my remaining booking time.This entertaining and highly interactive...
Curious Conversations at the Museum of Alternative History

Curious Conversations at the Museum of Alternative History

In a cultural moment of the fake and factual, trickery and truth, The KANEKO is hosting a summer exhibition “Reality,” which includes “The Museum of Alternative History.” The brainchild of artist, filmmaker, and educator Tim Guthrie, the Museum...
SHRM Talent Conference

SHRM Talent Conference

Last week I spoke at the Society for Human Resource Management’s annual Talent Conference & Exposition in Las Vegas. Among many observations, this one stood out: HR professionals, talent managers, and employee engagement practitioners all face the challenge of...
The Real Value at Conferences

The Real Value at Conferences

Marketplace Weekend interviewed MIT economics professor John Van Reenen in anticipation of this year’s World Economic Forum in Davos. What struck me was that this Forum was just like most other conferences that you and I go to. Reenen observed: “The interesting stuff...
Conference Conversationalist-in-Residence

Conference Conversationalist-in-Residence

Over the next few days, I will be a conference conversationalist-in-residence. The 3 day WELCOA Annual Summit starts today and I shall be there as a visible, roving listener, catalyst, coach, provocateur and connector. Attendees will be able to talk with me to make...
Good Conference / Bad Conference

Good Conference / Bad Conference

Hello Conference Season! Good bye money and value… Most of you are going to waste a lot of money as the conference season gets into full swing. Why? Because too many conferences are still tied to a traditional model fit for the twentieth not the twenty-first century....