A few FullThought notes about visionary, strategic and collaborative leadership:

1) Vision: It's never about us. It's about our vision. What is our vision for the world that informs our work? How well can we clearly articulate our vision?

2) Vision: What are the assumptions that frame our vision?… Read full post »

FullThought is 4 years old now. I still love what I am doing and it still feels very much like pushing a heavy rock up a steep hill. In almost daily conversations I find myself addressing: Why FullThought? Why now?

One answer is that we don’t need to look far to… Read full post »

I met a man yesterday; he carries a bundle that has been passed down for 19 generations. He was given this responsibility at 12. His words are select and few. He doesn’t get up in the morning and say “how do I make a living?” He worries of bigger… Read full post »

For 24 years I worked with religious dedication to my job. It was dutiful toil punctuated with moments of enlightenment and inspiration. Then I was unceremoniously fired.  

One warm, sunny morning in 2007, I entered my office and found myself on the receiving end of a… Read full post »

OK. Maybe not a handout per se, but here’s my proposal in response to the Occupy movement: every large corporation should adopt a small business that is working in the arena of innovation. Most specifically, this is a self serving vision: I would like my business, FullThought, to be matched wit… Read full post »

Is anyone feeling the same uneasy feeling I am about our current public conversation?

Where is the screaming, shouting clarity that greed, wealth and self interests are taking over this country cloaked in ideology?

I have paid attention to our public conversation before and after healthcare… Read full post »

I wake stunned by the reports of what happened in Oslo yesterday. It touches close to home because at 2:00 CT yesterday afternoon I was scheduled to have a video conference with a friend and colleague in Oslo. When I logged online to find Asmund, I found… Read full post »

Phia sat next to my desk, head hung a bit low, his back curved, almost like an attempt to sink into a fetal position right in that chair.

“Hi Laura”, he said in a sweet voice.

“Hi Phia. Good to see you here.”

By that time I had… Read full post »

For 24 years I worked with religious dedication to my job. It was dutiful toil punctuated with rare moments of enlightenment. Then I was unceremoniously fired.  

One warm, sunny morning in 2007, I entered my office and found myself on the receiving end of a push from the universe.… Read full post »

Yesterday I posted a blog I was proud of but it wasn't only my story.

I share the story with someone I care deeply about and someone I am responsible for. After her initial excitement for me (I got my first Editors Pick!) she came to feel vulnerable and exposed,… Read full post »

I married a Red Indian Poet. Could be he was the love of my life. But there has to be dating even after the love of your life. He was grand. Deep. Thoughtful. Passionate. He is changing the world and when we were together I somehow felt I was a part… Read full post »

There appears to be a famine in our world. It is pervasive and it is having tragic and far reaching consequences.

We need to name this famine and address it. It is a famine of listening.

I was reading recently in the paper a story on the report… Read full post »

Barack Obama said “…let us use this occasion to expand our moral imaginations”.

 “Our moral imaginations”, these are powerful and moving words. In these words I find a glimpse of a path forward. I believe our listening famine is not merely a famine of right not be… Read full post »