Phillip Berry | Orient Yourself

There are only two ways to influence human behavior: you can manipulate it or you can inspire it. Simon Sinek I just re-read Simon Sinek’s book, Start With Why, originally published in 2009. Good books are always able to meet you where you are and bring fresh perspective where and when you need them. Sinek […]

The thread glinted,caught in the lightand then goneThe strand, silky and ephemeral.As mysteriousas the cardinal’s call.Framing this moment,there is a tearedging from my eye –holding on,glistening, not ready to fall;as temporary as that web,lost in the sunshine.It is all passingin the prevailing seconds,marching to another edge –a threshold to the next.No return, just passing.These are […]

I heard it long before I saw it. The blades of its propellers pounded the air as it moved slowly across the afternoon sky. Sitting atop Mount Fortuna at the north east edge of San Diego, I watched the V-22 Osprey come into view and fly directly overhead. This particular aircraft is a VTOL, meaning […]

To say you have no choice is to relieve yourself of responsibility. Patrick Ness, Monsters of Men The Realities of Control Control. Oh, how we want it. We want to know what to do to create specific results. We want to know the path to getting what we want. We want to know what it […]

The New Year is here. Moving into January 2022, we acutely feel the many changes of the last 24 months. The COVID-19 pandemic has changed much and tested us: as individuals, as organizations, as a society, as a nation, and as a world. We’re still here. We still get up every day, get dressed, and […]

Because you’re lonely in your nightmare let me in Duran Duran Consider for a moment all of the people you know. Friends. Family. Neighbors. Co-workers. Passing acquaintances. What do you know about them? Do you know their hopes? Do you know their loves? Do you know their struggles? Do you know their fears? How deep […]

Does anyone remember when the Rubik’s Cube became a big thing in the early 80’s? The world went wild with the challenge of solving the 3 dimensional puzzle. Well, at least it seemed like it to me. At first, it was all about solving one side. Then, the problem turned two sides and so on. […]

Today begins Advent, the season of preparation and waiting in anticipation of Christmas. Thanksgiving has passed and Black Friday promotions have formally initiated the retail sprint to the finish of 2021. The next few weeks will zip by as we lose ourselves to shopping, parties, and the dangling participles of all we’ve left undone for […]

In the early days of one of our operations, I asked an employee about the status of some backorders. “All good,” he replied without hesitation. “They’re on their way.” A few days later, I got a call asking about the orders. When I inquired again, he told me that they had not yet shipped, and […]

Several years ago, I changed my daily routine to include an hour of meditative time each morning. It changed my life. I suppose that is a rather dramatic statement, but I believe it to be true. A conversation with a friend this week prompted me to think about it more deeply. Think, deeply. We often […]