Category Archives: amplifying

(#420) Trust As A Core Value

Posted on June 10, 2018 by Steve Piscitelli

Everyone has a story and our job is to listen. A few decades years after the Civil War, Clara White, a former slave, saw a need and took action in her Jacksonville, Florida neighborhood.  Some of her neighbors did not … Continue reading →

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(#404) Risk, Empty Spaces, and Self: Lessons from the Stage

Posted on February 18, 2018 by Steve Piscitelli

“There is no failure in result; there is only failure in process.” Sam Wasson’s Improv Nation: How We Made A Great American Art provides more than an improv history lesson. He deftly lays out a philosophy of life.  For all … Continue reading →

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(#399) Inappropriate or Authentic?

Posted on January 14, 2018 by Steve Piscitelli

Feedback is powerful. Evaluated feedback carries more weight. Not all feedback is created equally. Back in August of 2013 I posted a photo of myself on my social media sites. I loved the look, the playfulness, the setting, and the … Continue reading →

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(#389) Create Your Own Breaking Alerts!

Posted on November 5, 2017 by Steve Piscitelli

Start small. Start local. Do nothing. In a recent edition of The Story of Telling, Bernadette Jiwa noted that a Google search of “how to create a sense of urgency” found nearly thirty-five million hits.  Yesterday, I typed in “breaking … Continue reading →

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(#388) Connectors. Dividers. Adopters. Resistors.

Posted on October 29, 2017 by Steve Piscitelli

We have to know who “gets it, wants it, and has the capacity for it.” A community has many attributes. For me, it’s hard to conceive of a community without unity. You cannot spell community without unity. A community represents … Continue reading →

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(#378) If Something Happens and No One Sees It, Does Anything Happen?

Posted on August 20, 2017 by Steve Piscitelli

Quietly reaching out and forging a connection and creating change. On a recent visit to Cedar Key, Florida, my wife I stumbled upon a rusted sign nailed to the front of a dilapidated wood bungalow. On this site in 1897 … Continue reading →

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(#375) Capacities for Community Growth and Resilience

Posted on July 30, 2017 by Steve Piscitelli

A community needs to be vigilant; to continuously deepen and develop capacities for sharing, cooperating, and growing. Last week, we looked at the broad topic of community—factors that define, foster, and hinder it. Let’s drill down a bit. Have you … Continue reading →

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(#374) Can A Community Be Inclusive And Like-Minded?

Posted on July 23, 2017 by Steve Piscitelli

When dialogues devolve into collective monologues do we miss out on our shared identity? We hear, see, experience, and read about divisiveness. Common ground seems difficult to reach with the shouting voices, pointing fingers, and mean-spirited attacks. Fear, disgust, and/or … Continue reading →

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(#361) Where’s My Trophy?

Posted on April 23, 2017 by Steve Piscitelli

How would you develop a meaningful and effective employee recognition program? What represents “average” and what looks like “excellent” at your workplace? Transformational leaders understand the importance of timely, authentic, and meaningful employee recognition.   The leader knows her people … Continue reading →

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(#359) Collisions and Serendipity

Posted on April 9, 2017 by Steve Piscitelli

If managers across the company landscape remain insular, they can end up repeating redundant routines and retreating behind territorial barriers. “Collisions” represent opportunities. Visionary Tony Hsieh believes we need to “maximize collisions to accelerate serendipity.” That is, we need to … Continue reading →

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