An Imperfect Practice
For some, imperfection is a challenge and a fact of life. For others, the concept of imperfection is uncomfortable, avoided at all costs. There are costs to holding out for perfection. Leading a team through change is a challenge and an opportunity....
byLucy Shenouda
Polarizing Views
Paul Bloom said: “Enjoying fiction requires a shift in selfhood. You give up your own identity and try on the identities of other people, adopting their perspectives so as to share their experiences. This allows us to enjoy fictional events...
byLucy Shenouda
What’s At Stake?
What’s at Stake? Missing my deadline. I really dislike missing deadlines. In this very moment, I openly confess to having writer’s block and the deadline is looming. I’m stuck! I want and look for inspiration. So, I seek refuge in...
byLucy Shenouda
Letting go, Not Giving Up
In the past few months, the camaraderie and collaboration previously enjoyed, is replaced with cut-throat competition. With new players on the team and previous allies taking the sidelines, I feel very much alone.
byLucy Shenouda
A Red Mug
I ask him for a cup. He smiles as he hands me a mug. A red mug, at that! For a moment, for just a few seconds, I pause. I slow down. I reflect. A cup, not a mug. I...
byLucy Shenouda
Echoes of a Time Gone Past
I am haunted by reverberating echoes in my mind. The type of echoes that draw me inward. Echoes of past regrets and burdensome worries. I feel weighed down. I feel overly stressed.
byLucy Shenouda
Tips to Taking a Six Second Pause
The pause brings me to much needed stillness in a world in chaos. I feel calm in distancing myself from the pain of moments ago. The painful feeling of excessive stress. Solving difficult problems. Remembering a difficult conversation. A pause....
byLucy Shenouda
The Busy Mind
In those moments, when I am caught up in my busy mind, I find myself actually in a paradox of in-action. I am more in my mind, in a made up world of constant activity that has yet to see...
byLucy Shenouda
Dichotomy of Change: A Love Hate Relationship
As organizations grow and prosper, they adopt new technologies, hire new talent and introduce new processes. The evolution of the workforce begins a cycle of growth and prosperity. In organizations set in their ways, this cycle comes with a transition...
byLucy Shenouda
Clothes Don’t Fit
I go on looking through my wardrobe and pick a few pieces in the back of the closet. Pieces I haven’t worn for a long while. On the surface, I tell myself the outfit is a classic, timeless. Deep down,...
byLucy Shenouda
