I have been reflecting on the Great Resignation and wondering if it is an indicator of something deeper that is happening. When I was growing up, people often talked about “earning your age.” Back then success was often measured by your yearly income – which should be...
I have over 10 large, old oak trees in my yard and the mighty oak has things to teach us about letting go. We are having a windy day where I live and a six-foot-long, 3-inch diameter branch from one of my oaks just dropped in my driveway – this is typical of oak...
There seem to be new rules emerging every day surrounding how the world works due to impacts from COVID-19, climate change, and other factors. These disruptive dynamics are causing a cascading impact not only on nature but on our daily lives. Cascading disruptions...
Trees are inherently designed to grow the next generation in a forest ecology. The wisdom embedded in this design offers fruits of insight for leadership. One of the design principles is that slower growth in a tree’s youth is a prerequisite for the tree to have a...
Nature has a beautiful way of recycling nutrients. A legacy tree in a forest will continue to give nutrients back to plants and species five times the length of its lifetime after it dies. If a tree lives to 500 years, it will still be contributing nutrients for 2,500...
