Public Sector Workers – I’m Betting on You

By |2025-05-09T06:39:02-04:00May 9th, 2025|Both/And Polarity Leveraging, Polarity Thinking|

One of my greatest professional honors since 2014 has been serving as an Adjunct Faculty member in the KEY Executive Leadership Program at American University—a program dedicated to developing senior-level public sector leaders. I deeply admire these leaders for the depth and breadth of their mission-driven dedication to people in general, and to our country [...]

Light in My Darkness

By |2025-04-22T09:21:23-04:00April 17th, 2025|Polarity Thinking|

“Are you O.K.?” Was the follow-up text from a friend after I’d been passionately venting with close friends last weekend about "stuff" happening in the United States. "No" would have been the honest answer but as randomness/fate/tao/whatever often works – while doom-scrolling I came across a quote I love and use frequently in my work, [...]

Top Tips for Discussing “Bridging Polarities” for Inner Development Goals Conference Marketers, Presenters, and Others

By |2025-04-16T19:36:41-04:00April 16th, 2025|Both/And Polarity Leveraging, Polarity Thinking, Polarity Thinking and Problem-solving Thinking|

by Cliff Kayser, IDG Ambassador, Aconcagua CohortNOTE: ChatGPT often uses the INCORRECT versions shown below. TIP #1: Use “And” Instead of “VS”It’s easy to fall into the habit of using “VS” between the two poles of a polarity—but this creates confusion because a polarity requires both poles. Using “VS” implies opposition and that one side must [...]

NEXUS: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI

By |2025-03-07T13:32:12-05:00March 6th, 2025|Polarity Thinking|

​In "Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI," historian Yuval Noah Harari examines the power of information networks in shaping our shared human narratives and their impact on civilization and culture. I admire his ability to implicitly discuss polarity tensions in such sensible and accessible ways.​ Additionally, it can [...]

Yes, Mistakes Were Made…

By |2025-03-09T14:35:09-04:00March 4th, 2025|Artificial Intelligence|

A few days ago, a friend, who is also an Executive Coach, talked me off the ledge when I shared how frustrated I was about what’s happening in America, and the world. A few days later I received a book in the mail: "Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me): Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, [...]

Netting Out Some AI Coaching Considerations

By |2025-03-09T13:19:32-04:00February 25th, 2025|Artificial Intelligence|

And just like that, AI Coaches share space with Human Coaches -- and always will. If you haven't tasted from the broad menu of AI Coach options that vary greatly in quality, here's a primer. Think about your last back-and-forth experience with a customer service chatbot, but instead of discussing a refund on a recent [...]

The Client-Coach-AI Coach “Triangle”

By |2024-09-19T20:28:46-04:00September 18th, 2024|Artificial Intelligence|

She’s a millennial whip-smart tech CEO of a small woman-owned business and her organization contracts with the federal government on cyber security and national defense. For the last two years it’s just been the two of us. However, now we call it our “coaching triangle” that includes an AI Coach. It’s new and definitely different. [...]

The Coming Wave: Technology, Power, and the Future of Society

By |2024-07-01T16:55:30-04:00July 1st, 2024|Polarity Thinking|

On July 31st, I’m presenting at the Chesapeake Bay Organization Development Network Learning Series on the topic of “Technically Unsolvable Interdependencies.” A big focus of that presentation will be on most important and challenging interdependencies of our time – including the interdependency between technology and humanity. (This was also a topic I spoke on in [...]

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