Year: 2025

You know I like to use this space to pay tribute to people whom I admire, and this includes the late, great Betty White, born on January 17, 1922. From her roots in Oak Park,…

While we’re on the topic of team projects, an important thing to keep in mind is this: good friends aren’t always good teammates. Have you encountered this? I hope it didn’t cost you a friendship….

Let’s show everyone how we’re celebrating the end of the week! Post a video or an image of you or a passable proxy that shows how you’re feeling on this fine Friday. Well, last week…

I started last year (2024, for those of us already overwhelmed by 2025) with big plans: In early January, I was going to kick off a four-week online course on guiding people toward finding the…

Me? I’m the professor lugging a little lunchbox from class to class. Not for food, though. It’s my teaching toolkit. Inside: index cards, crayons, dry-erase markers (and hopefully an eraser), my clicker, a dongle, extra…

You never know what hidden talents might be hiding under the surface. Not long ago, our adult children took us to a video arcade. Cue the nostalgia. Too many hours spent in college battling those…