Your 15 Minutes of Fame: Making The Most of Meetings

“In the future everybody will be world famous for fifteen minutes.” —  Andy Warhol (as quoted in February 1968) I’m not sure Warhol was right, but I think the idea that fame is fleeting makes perfect sense.  Especially in the world we’re living in, almost everything noteworthy only endures as such for a few moments… … Read more

Mosaic Team, Part 4: “So Who’s on First?”

“ ‘Who’s’ on first, ‘What’s’ on second, ‘I Don’t Know’ is on third. ” – Bud Abbott One of the funniest baseball comedy skits in modern history was first performed by Bud Abbott and Lou Costello on “The Kate Smith Hour” live radio show in February of 1938.  Since then, it has become legendary, repeated … Read more

Mosaic Team, Part 3: Making ‘Modeling Curiosity’ The Norm

This is part of our series of blogs on the “Mosaic Team” concept. “Live as if you were to die tomorrow; learn as if you were to live forever.” – Gandhi Carol Dweck, a professor at Stanford University, is widely recognized as the developer of the “growth mindset” based upon the belief that people can … Read more

Mosaic Team, Part 2: “Care and Feeding”

This is part of our series of blogs on the “Mosaic Team” concept. “What does a gardener do?  I don’t think a gardener grows anything.  Only plants can do that, but gardeners are not unimportant.  They prepare the ground, they plant, they water, they weed, they feed they protect, and then they harvest.” – General … Read more