From Grumpy's Garage

Image by Dan Carter (https://www.flickr.com/photos/dannylakeboy/) I was chatting with some friends, yesterday, about the different kinds of energies that we bring to our work and how organizations often expect us to put on a "professional" mask. That often manifests as conversations having a distinctly masculine, goal oriented tone: stick the landing, win the contract, close the sale, make the touchdown. I also shared that Teal organizations   aspire to let people bring their whole selves to work. That got me to thinking: Are Teal organizations more feminine? That's not to say people can't be masculine in Teal orgs, but does everybody have to be masculine? Does the feminine have to be suppressed? Is there a Yin/Yang dynamic, where organizations are not wholly one or the other, but always in tension? I know that I, for one, need to get more in touch with my feminine side. I want to tap my intuition and creativity, attributes that I associate with a less masculine...

Willi Heidelbach, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons Well, this is embarrassing! I haven't published a blog post since July, and here it is October. Wow! Three months! It's like I took Q3 off or something. OK, I took Q3 off. I've been trying to figure out what my message is, what my purpose is, and what the hell I'm trying to do with this blog and this side gig. No, I don't have the answers, yet. But that's no excuse to not write and speak and listen. I must engage with others to find some answers, to find what resonates with my audience and with my soul. So here I am, pouring stream of conscious into a blog post, not knowing where this is going. And, you know what? That's OK! So, tell you what. I'm going to go pour myself another cup of coffee. When I get back, we can have a chat about what lies ahead today. I'll be right back. *     *     * OK, I'm back with a warm cup of French Roast coffee. I get my K-cups, err, coffee pods, from San Francisco B...