My Love/Hate Relationship with Repetition
Repetition has a bad rap. It’s not hard to see why. If your childhood was like my childhood, at some point you had to write lines as a form of punishment. There were more than a few afternoons spent writing, “I will not hit my brother,” one hundred times, or longer depending on the severity…
What Spaces Empower People to Collaborate?
Space to collide equals collaboration in this new world. The key question becomes: Is office space enough for effective collaboration?
What Will a Millennial-Dominant Workplace Look Like in the Future?
Guest Post by Rachel Allen 2015 has seen something of a milestone in terms of the generational ratios present in the workplace: the year that millennial workers became the largest generation in the country’s workforce surpassing Baby Boomers and Gen Xers (albeit in America, but the UK and the rest of the world aren’t far…
62 Second Chances
Do you believe in second chances? I do. Second chances deliver the opportunity to correct a wrong, choose a better path, and live a life of renewed purpose. Many institutions allow individuals to have second chances while some do not. Most educational institutions provide probation in which individuals can correct and prove themselves. Oddly, the…
The Job Dilemma – How To Pick Your Path
One day, in eleventh grade, the school guidance counselor called me down to his office. I was happy for the opportunity to get out of class, though I wasn’t quite sure what he wanted to talk about. My grades were mediocre; higher in the arts and humanities, lower in science and math – nothing out of the…
Adaptability: The Most Valued Leadership Skill
The modern labor market forces leaders to adapt to circumstances, people and technology on a daily basis. But how does one develop adaptability?
Resistance and Leadership
I was listening to a CBC Radio program recently, and the topic was focused on the Uber wars — or the taxi industry versus Uber (and others like it.) For those who haven’t heard about this, Uber is basically putting the taxi industry out of business in many areas. I went into listening with no…
Avoiding Complacency, Embracing Leadership
I don’t know about you, but every morning when I scan the trends on Facebook and read snippets of news, or click on a trending hashtag on Twitter, I feel overwhelmed. The recent act of terrorism in Charleston, South Carolina, has been yet another reminder that we have much work to do. We have barriers…
A Challenge: Be a Student as Much as a Leader
What if someone was as much a student as a leader? The result would be a well-balanced, growth-oriented individual. Although this would generally be true, the answer does not stop here. Many view being a student as something young people do. A student leaving a campus never looks back, right? Some leaders have done this…
How to Refresh Your Leadership Practices
Take a deep breath. Refreshed. Pop in a mint. Refreshed. Snooze for 10 minutes. Refreshed. Short activities can jolt us awake again, leaving us with a sense of being refreshed. Through the years, Thin Difference has been refreshed. Last week, we modernized the look and simplified the navigation. The reality is Thin Difference has been…
A Guide to Productive, Healthy Habits
Guest Post by Mark Kirkpatrick No time sparks the desire for people to make the most of their lives like the holiday season around the end of the calendar year. Between the feeling of wanting to help others around the holidays and the need for self-improvement for the New Year, the holidays provide the impetus…
Necessary Changes: 3 Questions to Ask Yourself About Change
Of the many fears that consume us as a species, the fear of change may be atop the list. It begins when we’re youngsters: imagine the tearful goodbye as a parent leaves their child on the first day of day care or preschool. Normally there is an adjustment period there for both parent and child,…