July 1, 2024
Good morning! Do you think we made the right decision to divorce ourselves from England? What would be different had we not? What is different because we did?
- The tax man cometh — to levy a tax on your flatulence.
- You knew it would happen sooner or later. What sort of meter will be used to measure the output of methane?
- Flatulence is a major worldwide pollutant and cows have more of it than most of us.
- Denmark will be charging approximately US $100 per cow per year as a tax on that cow’s gastro contributions to our climate change disasters.
- It wasn’t reported how the revenue will be used to specifically lower the CO2 levels in the atmosphere.
- Presumably fewer cows given the disincentive to own them?
- Wrap your head around this: The only way to hold onto the past is to make certain the future.
- The soothing, erudite voice of Al Michaels will keep you informed throughout the Olympics — via Generative Artificial Intelligence.
- Let’s please also bring back Lowell Thomas.
- Are you looking for a $174K+ job?
- Look no further than fast food.
- These businesses are hungry for managers with a penchant for perfection and awesome leadership skills.
- The other morning my wife got up extra-early to make a custard dessert for later that same day.
- To make an authentic, homemade custard requires egg yolks, lots of them.
- And, what is a by-product of egg yolks? Wait for it…. egg whites!
- Sitting in front of me was an abundance of a raw ingredient for a lemon meringue pie, or Baked Alaska, or moose, or souffle, or…
- … Herb!
- Herb was right outside and was producing a bumper crop of dill, levander, chive, garlic, cilantro, basil, mint, and more.
- And so, a massive egg white omelette — wit Herb — it was. Almost no calories, tons of flavour.
- Only happens once or twice a year.
- Speaking of eggs, on a recent drive through rural Northern Minnesota it seemed like every-other home had eggs for sale, most for $3 per dozen.
- More good stuff on the idea of leadership energy from Torres, Etc., et al. (Boston Consulting Group)
- “I have learned that the energy I brought to any situation was reflected and absorbed by the team… I have become more conscious of the power of my energy
- and more respectful of its effect on other people than I was before.” (A CEO)
- CEOs must connect with, influence, and mobilize individuals who are often dispersed by thousands of miles.
- They must also engender enthusiasm, trust, and confidence among people who are sometimes more likely to trust their peers than their leaders.
- But despite the importance of managing energy effectively, many leaders have so far focused on only part of the task:
- the source of energy rather than its uses.
- The emphasis has been on working with the CEO to maintain proper health and wellness habits, set aside time for renewal and recharging,
- and apply athletic-training principles to executive development.
- These aspects of creating and managing energy are essential, but require a complement:
- the broader and more powerful application of energy to initiate positive change.
- “As CEO there is no such thing as throwing a pebble into the pond; everything you throw into the pond is a bounder.” (Interviewed CEO, unnamed)
- There will always be The Next Best Book on leadership, a new flavour – of- the – day, no dearth of them, that’s for sure.
- If you were to write the Next Best Book, what would be your message?
- Book: The Journey of Leadership, (Maor, Etc., et al., 2024)
- “… pulls back the curtain and digs deeper, beyond business strategy, to identify what it really takes to succeed as a CEO in today’s world…
- … key insights for people-centered leadership.” (Chandrasekaran)
