Our world must change. The world will change. It is changing. And I don’t think any of us quite appreciate just how much change is necessary and will be forced to occur. Addressing climate change will require more than carbon offsets. This shouldn’t be groundbreaking news. Carbon offsets can only serve as a stop-gap solution. …
As we continue to reflect on our time in Glasgow, we want to expand, one at a time, upon the three themes we introduced last week, starting with, “Don’t promise action; plan action and be prepared to show your work.” There is still no consensus on whether or not COP26 was a success or a complete failure. But, quite…
It’s not entirely turning lead into gold, but it’s easy to think of co-founders Neal McCarten and Omid McDonald as modern-day alchemists. What else could you call people who take milkpermeate (a by-product leftover from milk processing) and turning it into delicious vodka?
There is something ruthlessly compelling about a fresh shoot coming up through the cold earth, like a promise, a single pair of green wings in a sea of black. As I sit in my small garden tractor, rototiller primed at the rear, a straight path before me, I am arrested by the silent plea of…
I am joined this week in writing by my young colleague Dan Lovero who knows how to turn ideas in value-creating service!
As I stood leaning on the hoe pondering the newly emerged leaves on the soil below, I thought to myself, “these two plants have always confused me!” For the master gardener, there would have been no confusion, but for the peripatetic consultant turned work-from-home farmer, it was a puzzle. To hoe, or not to hoe, that was the question.
How to remove ‘dead wood’ in a healthy company while keeping it human
Lessons for business leaders amid COVID-19 from the farm of Chris Houston Who knew that a simple Sunday morning breakfast could provide counsel on the two essential assets all business leaders require: the quality of resilience and the adaptive thinking tools of scenario planning. This morning, on our farm, I gathered the first fresh wild…
As the COVID-19 pandemic sweeps across our world, our country, our region and our homes, we find this is a time, more than ever, to know our Purpose as a business and to live it out every day. For us, at The Telosity Company, we seek to help leaders Build Healthy Human Companies that Do Good Work.
More than ever, this is our commitment to our clients, to serve by helping you know your Purpose and Identity as a company and live it out, creatively, every day in the Good Work you can do in your community, especially when it is so needed.
