New Year’s Eve marks the close of our 35th year. SD Associates was birthed as a kitchen table enterprise on January 1, 1990, and oh… the places we’ve been! The short list: We live in unsettling times, but it’s important to remember that there’s nothing new about that. I’m in the early stretch of my […]
I did not direct my life. I did not plan it. I never made decisions.Things always came up and made them for me.That’s what life is. B.F. Skinner I am the ordinary son of an ordinary man. Which is pretty self-evident, I know. But, as I started to unearth that fact, it became clear to […]
Hope springs eternal in the human breast…Alexander Pope You may say I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one.I hope some day you’ll join us. And the world will live as one.John Lennon Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.Desmond Tutu The black hooded specter steps […]
(Leadership Comes from All Directions) James MacGregor Burns (1978) began a conversation about ‘transformative’ versus ‘transactional’ leadership forty-three years ago that retains considerable traction. He defined what leadership ‘does’ as follows: In this, Burns took the discussion of leadership beyond the ‘traits’ of a leader to arguably the heart of the matter… contingencies in context […]
“I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality… I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word.” “Not everybody can be famous, but everybody can be great […]
Sharing his name with the blessing of family Caleb, a partner-in-learning of ours for many years, passed away unexpectedly yesterday. There’s a big hole in our hearts today. Many of the humans who teach us important things come to that role without assignment or title. Caleb was one of those people. We got to know […]
