A Do-Over With Roxie

A Do-Over With Roxie

Roxie almost bit Ken. It happened because: Roxie got afraid when… Ken made a sudden movement with his hand, because… I failed to give Ken instructions on how to interact with Roxie. Ken and Carl work together in our building. Carl is the building engineer,...
Love Me a Good Do-Over, part 2

Love Me a Good Do-Over, part 2

Ten years after the leadership debacle with Cindy, I got the opportunity for a do-over. I was no longer working for McDonald’s headquarters outside Chicago. I was a freelance learning consultant living in the woods of Newaygo, Michigan. On a cold January morning,...
Love Me a Good Do-Over, part 1

Love Me a Good Do-Over, part 1

Real-life experiments thrill me. One of my most favorite things is to have the opportunity for a do-over of something I messed up the first time. Do-overs are just as much fun in real life as they are in a kid’s game. Biggest example: I was working at McDonald’s...
Intense Meditation

Intense Meditation

“Intense meditation” is an oxymoron, but I can’t think of a better way to describe what I did. The Trust Technique uses a process of being in the present moment plus having mindful regard for the animal to teach it to be calm. Here’s how it works (or at least my...
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