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Leading and Managing in Silicon Valley now on the Kindle

Do you want to read our book on a Kindle or on an iPhone? We’ve got Leading and Managing in Silicon Valley available from Amazon now in Kindle format.  It was a lot of work to figure out how to render it correctly, but we did it. Check it out!

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Mindfulness considered, every day

I was just reading a wonderful post on Zen Habits entitled The Mindfulness Guide for the Super Busy: How to Live Life to the Fullest that really captures a theme I’ve been exploring a lot lately, which is the importance of being mindful.  Many of us spend much our time not noticing where we are, [...]

San Mateo Sustainability Hub

sustainabilityhub

The nice people at Sustainable San Mateo have created a new Sustainability Hub to publicize and coordinate local sustainability/green issues. I think this is a really good development, in something the internet is kind of weak in to date – namely local coverage. The internet is very good for bringing together people globally [...]

Our little train track

In front of the Art in Action’s office is a little siding off the Dumbarton line. While there’s not a lot of railroad traffic, it is fascinating that every couple of days something else turns up parked here. Sometimes it’s gravel hoppers, sometimes some locomotives laying over. Lately we’ve had a variety of Maintenance of [...]

Strategic Planning Processes

I’m currently organizing and running a strategic planning process. It’s a fun experience because while I’ve participated in many such sessions, it’s the first time I’ve gotten to plan and facilitate it all myself. Normally for such a thing one hires a consultant of some kind; except in this case that’s my role. So I [...]

Turning The Tide Conference

Turning The Tide

I can’t believe it’s been a whole month since the Turning The Tide Conference.  This was truly a phenomenal event.  The background is that the National Park Service in conjunction with the Golden Gate National Park Conservancy decided to create a platform to make more of a difference in the intellectual [...]