Author: DeborahHartmannPreuss

“Unhappy? You can change your job … or change your job.”

This is one of my favourite exercises to share at unconferences. Powerful Questions is a really useful skill for everyone in a creative, problem-solving organisation, from entry-level developers to...

You know the feeling: life would be so much smoother without these rough edges you bring to the work. Ah, if only you were perfect… yeah, THEN you’d really...

  Phew! I got so much momentum going in December, that it unexpectedly took me ’til New Year’s day to wind down! Now, I am finally getting the creative...

Ready for an experiment? Fold a single sheet into a one-week gratitude journal for a friend or for yourself!

During a working session on values, my business partner Steve Holyer introduced me to this delight from his childhood home: lagniappe, a Cajun word for an "unexpected something extra;"...

Two dear friends send me this quote this week, and I’m really thankful, as I’d heard it before, but didn’t know where it came from or where to find...

A coach learns to "dance" ... and not with what's planned! And so in January I danced with fatigue, coughing, and pain instead of with Wordpress and conference submissions!...

I've been looking for a Values exercise to share with you. I thought I'd found it with the Kouzes and Posner card deck... but was disappointed to find many...

"A circle of chairs" does not an Open Space make! I have experienced a number of formats that mix together Open Space and traditional conference practices. Does it matter?...

In the Greek myth, Sisyphus was compelled to roll an immense boulder up a hill every day, only to see it roll back down every night. If this sounds...