A couple weeks ago I had the privilege of teaching middle school kids about leadership using the Habits of Mind . One of our activities...

Whakataukī "Ehara taku toa i te toa takitahi, engari he toa takitini." "My strength is not mine alone, it comes from the collective.”...

To state the tritest thing on earth, I love summer. Besides the long days, the warm nights, the biking, the slower pace, I also love the...

June sucks. For those of us in the Northern Hemisphere there is a frenzy to June that is intensified with the proximity of summer and the...

I have nerded out big time this month, and its been amazing! My nerd partners have all provided great ideas that have advanced my own...

This twitter quote is how I know a truth (and a huge shout out to Dadman Walking for it!). Things and energy matter. If both things...

I have had three dogs in my life. One I am pretty sure was part wolf (but looked like a Holstein cow), one was a rescue from a Caribbean...

New Year’s resolutions are silly. Let’s be honest. They just are. No one ever really makes any change. But if we think about why we make...

I recently reached out to my doctor about some repeated symptoms of fatigue and exhaustion. I teared up as we spoke, realizing that I was...

Last week, I broke a board. Not just any board. I broke my first board in karate. It was a front kick on the first try. Then I broke my...

Like many others, as we move into the recovery phase of the pandemic, I find myself reflecting and processing the experience of the last...

The summer is over. Ugh. Back to making lunches, following schedules and lot and lots of meetings. So many meetings. As an ex-bureaucrat...

This week I watched the First Ministers meet in Victoria and I couldn't help but shake my head at their calls for “more funding” from the...

This month is not only Indigenous History Month which we have been spending time researching, connecting with leaders and learning, but...

Consider the last time you were seeking some new professional learning opportunity. Chances are you were drawn to a webinar or course...

Often when in meetings or talking to people, I hear a beautiful description, phrase or thought and jot it down. My notebook is covered in...

I was inspired by the First Radically Human Legal Hour... A radically human revolution in law may sound like an uphill battle, but I am...

In April of this year, we will have been around for almost three years, and this anniversary date always makes me consider what have I...

Whether you have worked a year or decades in law, you have likely heard or said things like: That’s not the way we do things around here....

The blogs of Thought Architects are not intended to be deliberately sequential. However, if you read the last one, I feel this may be an...