Inspiration and Provocation
Permission Slip to Be Imperfect
Today I want to give you a permission slip to lean into your own imperfections.
Three of Influence Waitlist
Some Fun & Good News!
We interrupt this nail biting election season for some good news! Selena had her baby! We would like to welcome our newest member of the extended Billions Institute Family! Eliya Tomis Liu Raphael Born at 10:41AM, October 28th 2020 6lb 15oz & 19.5 inches long...
Guest Writer, Selena Liu Raphael: How “Nesting” Looks Different for Me in 2020
hi friends - Selena will be starting her parental leave sometime between now and November 6th at the latest. On a recent team call she reflected on how "nesting" looks completely different for her now versus when she had her first child. I suggested she write a blog...
Tale Of Two Skies
Greetings from the surreal wildfire season in California. The temperature reached 119 here this past weekend and our kids have been indoors for way too long. Yesterday we braved the outdoors for a short while and as I watched them "build a city" out of recycled...
Announcing Community And Open House
There is no way any of us could know everything we need to know about how to navigate the complexity that comes with leading large-scale change. That goes for me, too. Even though I've been leading or training others how to lead large-scale change for many years now,...
Reminder Of Open House And Three Feet Of Influence
Hi there - I'd like to interrupt another week of shitty and heart breaking news to remind you that next week we're launching our new course called Three Feet of Influence. This is for leaders who are ready and willing to work through your biggest fears and challenges....
Announcing Three Feet Of Influence Scholarship
Barbara and Bill Packard with Full Circle Charities are generously offering two full scholarships for our Three Feet of Influence course which starts on September 2nd. While their preference is for this scholarship to create an opportunity for someone in a volunteer...
Announcing Open House
I have to tell you about a phone call I had yesterday. I was speaking with Jane Holl Lute. Jane taught me international relations 30 years ago when I was a cadet at West Point. She was a fireball of a professor known for throwing chalk at students who weren't paying...
Announcing Three Feet Of Influence
Friends - We've been working behind the scenes for months to bring our life-changing seminars online and I'm delighted to share that we've done it! Today we are launching a new course called "Three Feet of Influence." Here's how it works: you bring anything...