“Victory awaits him who has everything in order—luck people call it. Defeat is certain for him who has neglected to take the necessary precautions in time; this is called bad luck.” Roald Amundsen -The first person to lead an expedition to reach the South Pole We live in a VUCA – Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous- world. Innovation, in part, creates this dynamic. However, creating an environment where innovation can be cultivated and thrive relies on people and businesses having the opposite of this- a house in order. As Jim Collins stated in Great By Choice, leaders who have navigated
Weekly 2 Mileage: 24 miles (with 6 on the elliptical for cross training) Long run distance: 9 miles “Tell me why again y’all are running hills in August? The marathon is in Philadelphia (in other words, flat) in November (in other words, cold),” asked my training partner’s husband. My first thought was, good question, smart man that he is, why are we putting ourselves through this? Why did we pick the training plan that involves hills in the heat? There are many more to choose from that don’t involve this weekly ritual for the first half of the training calendar.
August has been a month of milestones at our house. First born off to kindergarten and the celebration of 10 years of marriage. We decided to celebrate our marital bliss (of course it hasn’t been all roses, but it has been a fun ride so far) with training for a marathon together and a trip to the Dominican Republic. Just us. No kids. Thank goodness for wonderful in-laws and parents. While we’re away, I thought it would be nice to honor the man that makes me a better person everyday with the blog posts he’s inspired over the years. Most
“The best people and HR leaders I know have been labeled maverick at one time or another because they build something that goes against the norm, they challenge the status quo, and they see beyond the perceived limitations of their function and therefore extend well beyond it. They bring meaning to the workplace and it runs through everything that affects people.” Ben Whitter Maverick. Pirate. Experimenter. Words to describe HR? Doubt you’ve heard HR people being called these things regularly. I think it is why, in many ways, people are commenting that HR is dead or changing its name entirely
Week 1 Week 1 mileage: 22 miles Long run distance: 9 miles I’ve set out with my husband, my bestie, my dad and his bestie (my dad and I don’t actually call them our “bestie”, but it has a nice ring to it) to run the Philadelphia marathon in November. All five of us just completed the first official week of training. Fifteen more to go. Except for two brief hiatuses when I was too big and too pregnant to run, running has been a part of my regular routine for about ten years. It’s my sanity; it keeps me