by Jason Lauritsen | Mar 9, 2012 | Uncategorized
Earlier this week, I wrote about design and how design is a powerful tool in leadership. By coincidence, a day later, I was writing about conferences over on the Talent Anarchy blog. Conferences provide a great example of the power of design....
by Jason Lauritsen | Mar 8, 2012 | Uncategorized
Irish Car Bomb CupcakesToday’s fun fact that you may not know about me is that I’m married to a pastry chef. My wife works in the art of desserts, but lately she’s been focused on cupcakes since cupcakes are hot right now. One of the cool...
by Jason Lauritsen | Mar 6, 2012 | Uncategorized
The way we work is changing pretty radically. We all know that because we are smack dab in the middle of the change. We feel it every day. But, the interesting thing about how work is changing is that the places where the majority of work is done (corporations) seem...
by Jason Lauritsen | Mar 5, 2012 | Uncategorized
Last week, I had the opportunity to hear Bruce Mau speak about design. It was an opportunity to hear someone speak who is clearly much smarter than the rest of us and has turned his amazing brain towards both creating works of beauty and teaching people how to...
by Jason Lauritsen | Feb 27, 2012 | Uncategorized
Like many change agents, I’m infatuated with better. My eyes are always focused on what’s next and I rarely celebrate what is. In fact, when it comes to evaluating the present, I spend most of my time recognizing what’s wrong, what needs...
by Jason Lauritsen | Feb 22, 2012 | Uncategorized
I’ve always found that one of the best places to develop leadership skills (particularly early in your career) is in the practice of volunteerism and community service. If you want to learn if you can lead, raise your hand to lead a group of volunteers to...