Startup stress, Spinoff stress, and Non-profit stress

 Communications, General articles  2 Responses »
Oct 072015
 
There’s a huge oppressive black communications cloud hanging over many organizations. Managers, employees, volunteers, even leaders are being smothered by this cloud. It’s the communications cloud of “I know I have to say something, but I have no idea how to say it!” One of my clients gave me this metaphor of a black cloud when she was explaining how much stress she felt about ...

Things I learned from Maple Syrup

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Sep 162013
 
I like maple syrup because it is a great metaphor. (OK, I also like it because it is sweet and flavorful, because it goes great on pancakes, oatmeal and ice cream, and because they make large amounts of it near our summer place in northern Ontario.) But the thing I like to talk about with maple syrup is that it takes 45 liters of maple sap to make 1 liter of syrup. It’s a metaphor of concentration, ...