Episodes

Tuesday Apr 06, 2021
The Problem is Not the Problem, Part 1
Tuesday Apr 06, 2021
Tuesday Apr 06, 2021
A tale of water heaters, troubleshooting, and figuring stuff out. Oh, and what bad business looks like, but that's a bonus observation.
Ludwig von Bertalanffy -- General Systems Theory
Peter Senge -- The Fifth Discipline
Peter Vaill -- Learning as a Way of Being

Tuesday Mar 23, 2021
What Will You Do With Your Despair
Tuesday Mar 23, 2021
Tuesday Mar 23, 2021
When you look back at your life, what will you see? This episode asks you to face that question, directly.
The tale is told as an epistolary (a concept I learned from the subject of this episode).

Tuesday Mar 16, 2021
Where are the Leaders, Pt.3
Tuesday Mar 16, 2021
Tuesday Mar 16, 2021
A lot of people who think they are leading are not leaders at all. What does it take to provide real leadership? It's harder than you think, and it includes paying attention to all of the following pieces:
- Compassion
- Direction
- Influence
- Meaning
- Formation
- Aspiration
- Culture
- Achievement
- Growth.
This is part 3 of a 3-part series.

Tuesday Mar 09, 2021
Where are the Leaders, Pt.2
Tuesday Mar 09, 2021
Tuesday Mar 09, 2021
A lot of people who think they are leading are not leaders at all. What does it take to provide real leadership? It's harder than you think. This is part 2 of a 3-part series.

Tuesday Mar 02, 2021
Where are the Leaders, Pt. 1
Tuesday Mar 02, 2021
Tuesday Mar 02, 2021
A lot of people who think they are leading are not leaders at all. What does it take to provide real leadership? It's harder than you think.

Tuesday Feb 23, 2021
Live Glocally
Tuesday Feb 23, 2021
Tuesday Feb 23, 2021
Yes, it's a global economy, but leaders need to learn to live glocally. Your local community is the heart of the economy.

Tuesday Feb 16, 2021
Go Do Something
Tuesday Feb 16, 2021
Tuesday Feb 16, 2021
For its return to the web, and its first full Tuesday Episode, we talk about the kind of learning that can happen when you move outside of your comfort zone.

Tuesday Feb 09, 2021
With Appropriate Groveling
Tuesday Feb 09, 2021
Tuesday Feb 09, 2021
GreatRidge Station announces its auspicious return, after an unexpected hiatus. And by the way, for Season 5, We're moving to a Tuesday release schedule.

Thursday Nov 12, 2020
Dealing with SOPs, Pt 1
Thursday Nov 12, 2020
Thursday Nov 12, 2020
Some practical and theoretical insights on dealing with Standard Operating Procedures within organizations of all sorts.

Thursday Oct 29, 2020
The Challenge of Growth, Pt. 4 -- Lose the ego
Thursday Oct 29, 2020
Thursday Oct 29, 2020
Part 3 of our series on the Challenge of Growth, this time, a brutal reminder that your ego is not your friend.
I mention this song, from The Innocence Mission: Migration.