It's official, nine years post-stroke, Identity Theft: Rediscovering Ourselves After Stroke has been launched (the official release date is May 14th). I loved thanking friends and supporters while signing hardcovers last night at the launch event at Stanford PACS, Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society. During...

The manuscript is almost in final form and we have locked in the book cover! A special thank you to Diane Marsh at Andrews McMeel Publishing for the design. Stay tuned for more information as we move toward our “on the shelf” date of May 14,...

I just got back from something called the “May Meaning Meeting”.  Held near Houston, Texas this year, this annual gathering started in 2003.   It grew up organically around a group of organizational scholars anxious to keep real meaning in their work—and in their lives—in the...

Well, Labor Day was yesterday and it’s now exactly 7 years since my stroke on 9/5/2010.  Recovery has been a long and challenging road. Progress can be slow, and it can be difficult to accept the changes that have occurred.  I’m back at lake Tahoe...

March was a tough month for me.  Partly because I really wanted to do more than I got done -- like improve this site, post blog entries regularly, etc.  I need more help than I want, and progress has been slow.  It’s frustrating. But also because...