Journal Entries
Learning to Innovate
We often look to other leaders for inspiration, guidance and motivation. Gandhi has always been one I quote often. One of my favorite quotes is: “Live as if you were…
Read MoreI Don’t Need to Change the World, Only Myself
It starts somewhere, right? Every story has an important beginning. If I ever write my story however, I think I would start in the middle because that’s when I understood…
Read MoreYour Inner Wonder Woman
Do you have a Wonder Woman complex? You’re not alone; I too have a super hero complex and like anything, it can be healthy in moderation. However, your desire to…
Read More3 Challenges for International Development
Recently, I attended the Harvard International Development Conference at the Harvard Kennedy School, which was ironically titled “The End of Development.” The keynote speakers were inspiring, the crowd was eager to change…
Read MoreIdentifying Your Job Description
Recently, I’ve been taking on a lot more responsibility and the hours in the day just weren’t enough to get it all done. I take that back; I had enough…
Read MorePartner Solutions: A New Paradigm for Digital Services
The most important thing about choosing a team name or title is ensuring it reflects your job both internally and externally. What’s in a name? At CauseLabs we have three…
Read MoreWhat is the perfect project?
I spent some time thinking about the perfect project and realized that even across my small team, all with very similar goals and personalities, the answer differs vastly from person…
Read MoreSimple Things Make A Big Difference
I often make seemingly irrational decisions on very minor things just because it will improve my day. For example, There are two streets that lead to my house; one is…
Read MoreManaging Email Deliverability
The days of the Pony Express had its challenges. Airmail may never go away, but it can’t keep up with our desire for instant delivery. Emails drastically changed communication, but…
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