Tag Archives: Vision

I Have a Dream

By John Evelyn  |  November 16, 2009  |  Adversity,Capability,Leadership,Legacy,Tapestry of your life,Vision

When was the last time you dreamed? Not the go-to-sleep dream, but the dream that has a future that is really attractive, one we wanted to be part of? Is that dream still alive? In the universal words of kids in the back seat of the car, “Are we there yet?” Has the dream taken a detour, stuck in traffic, parked in the remote lot, or crushed in a junkyard, fodder for recycling? In this dream, were we the driver, passenger, or someone on the curb watching traffic go by?
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On the Dock of the Bay

By John Evelyn  |  October 6, 2009  |  Alignment,Blind Spots,Books and Publications,Capability,Diagnosis,Fit for purpose,Legacy,Vision

Have you thought about how we make decisions? It’s fascinating and frightening. I believe decision making is by far our greatest Achilles Heel. In his book, “Fateful Choices,  Ten Decisions that Changed the World”, Ian Kershaw delivers a monumental and …
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“The Summer of 69”

By John Evelyn  |  July 20, 2009  |  Adversity,Agility,Alignment,Capability,Competition,Execution,Leadership,Leverage,Purpose and Values,Resources,Teamwork,Technology,Vision,Winning

It was the summer of 1969, a hot, balmy Miami midsummer night, and I was between high school graduation and my first quarter at college. For me, the summer of 69 represented a big transition from the euphoria and fun …
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Fly Me To The Moon, … , And Let Me Dream ……

By John Evelyn  |  June 17, 2009  |  Adversity,Execution,Leadership,Purpose and Values,Tapestry of your life,Vision

Have you ever been part of something really remarkable? I mean, something that changes you inside and out,  and makes such a difference that it becomes a big part of the tapestry of your life? Have you experienced it more …
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May I Have a Word with You? …. Values.

By John Evelyn  |  June 10, 2009  |  General,Leadership,Purpose and Values,Transparency

“Values” is a word that I hear often. I hear it when people read from a wallet card they keep. I read it from organizational documentation and hall posters, often completing a trilogy with vision and mission, the three amigos
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Awesome. I have it.

Your couch. It is mine.

Im a cool paragraph that lives inside of an even cooler modal. Wins

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