Is there a conviction you can’t imagine giving up because it’s so central to who you are? Which core values do you feel most passionate about? If you won the Powerball lottery tomorrow and no longer had to work for a living, what would you do with your time?

When I’m working with people who feel stale or stuck in their careers, exploring the answers to questions like these helps us unearth important clues about what might be missing from their day-to-day lives. If deep digging is required, writing can be a particularly powerful excavating tool. One of my favorite exercises to assign READ MORE »

I read an interesting article in the NYT about how researchers have found that ‘small deceptions’ help athletes improve upon their best times.  It got me thinking about how that might translate for entrepreneurs.   After all, when you’re working alone or heading up a small business, all of your drive to meet deadlines, market your business and get new clients must come from within.  Doesn’t it make sense that a little deception might help you push past the inevitable lulls?

Here’s the thrust of the experiment.  Researchers put a cyclist on a stationary bike in front of a screen with 2 ‘virtual’ cyclists and had them pedal as READ MORE »



Guest Post by Kelly Hoey

I’m thinking we need more diversity on The Thinkers 50 List.

The Thinkers 50 list (and annual conference) “celebrates the best and brightest management thinkers in the world”.   No surprise, Seth Godin, Malcolm Gladwell and Tom Peters are on the list of nominees.  No argument on their qualifications – I follow them on Twitter, read their books and corner them at conferences. However, what I find disappointing reviewing this list of “important living thinkers” is that so few women made the original nominations list. From a review, only Tammy Erickson, Lynda Gratton, Sylvia Ann Hewlett, Naomi Klein, Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Renee Mauborgne, READ MORE »

On this exciting book journey we have the pleasure of interviewing nearly 100 women who are running interesting, inspiring, and innovative companies. While we of course will be including lots of details in the book and discussing the interviews over the next year, in the meantime we wanted to share a few tidbits from each amazing interview!

We originally met Darla Cohen, of a Fork in the Road, through a blog post she wrote on her husband, Jason Cohen’s blog. The post was about business growth and we READ MORE »

On this exciting book journey we have the pleasure of interviewing nearly 100 women who are running interesting, inspiring, and innovative companies. While we of course will be including lots of details in the book and discussing the interviews over the next year, in the meantime we wanted to share a few tidbits from each amazing interview!

We have known Michelle Madhok for several years READ MORE »

On this exciting book journey we have the pleasure of interviewing nearly 100 women who are running interesting, inspiring, and innovative companies. While we of course will be including lots of details in the book and discussing the interviews over the next year, in the meantime we wanted to share a few tidbits from each amazing interview!

Lotta Anderson of Lotta Jansdotter has been at the top of Adelaide’s interview wish list for years. As a home design and textile junkie, she has long loved her Lotta Jansdotter purchases. READ MORE »

On this exciting book journey we have the pleasure of interviewing nearly 100 women who are running interesting, inspiring, and innovative companies. While we of course will be including lots of details in the book and discussing the interviews over the next year, in the meantime we wanted to share a few tidbits from each amazing interview!

Last winter, Adelaide, like many others, fell in love with the grey felt ipod/iphone sleeves. Ever since she’s been intrigued with Angie Davis’ Byrd&Belle store. We were thrilled to learn more about READ MORE »

On this exciting book journey we have the pleasure of interviewing nearly 100 women who are running interesting, inspiring, and innovative companies. While we of course will be including lots of details in the book and discussing the interviews over the next year, in the meantime we wanted to share a few tidbits from each amazing interview!

We have long been fans of Nest, and it was great to have the chance to talk more with founder Rebecca Kousky, learn READ MORE »

On this exciting book journey we have the pleasure of interviewing nearly 100 women who are running interesting, inspiring, and innovative companies. While we of course will be including lots of details in the book and discussing the interviews over the next year, in the meantime we wanted to share a few tidbits from each amazing interview!

It was great to have the chance to meet up with Ellen Diamant of Skip Hop, a brand we both love and READ MORE »

On this exciting book journey we have the pleasure of interviewing nearly 100 women who are running interesting, inspiring, and innovative companies. While we of course will be including lots of details in the book and discussing the interviews over the next year, in the meantime we wanted to share a few tidbits from each amazing interview!

We had the chance to speak with (literal) rockstar Cyndee Sugra of Studio7Media who is based in LA. It was READ MORE »

On this exciting book journey we have the pleasure of interviewing nearly 100 women who are running interesting, inspiring, and innovative companies.

(More about why we are writing the book here and here).

While we of course will be including lots of details in the book and discussing the interviews over the next year, we wanted to share a few tidbits from each amazing interview in the meantime!

We were so grateful to Chloe Jo Berman of GirlieGirlArmy for giving us some time so close to her due date! It was awesome to READ MORE »

On this exciting book journey we have the pleasure of interviewing nearly 100 women who are running interesting, inspiring, and innovative companies. (More about why we are writing the book here and here).

While we of course will be including lots of details in the book and discussing the interviews over the next year, in the meantime we wanted to share a few tidbits from each amazing interview!

We recently had the opportunity to visit MarieBelle (the amazing chocolate shop in READ MORE »

On this exciting book journey we have the pleasure of interviewing nearly 100 women who are running interesting, inspiring, and innovative companies. (More about the book & why we are writing it: here and here).

While we of course will be including lots of details in the book and discussing the interviews over the next year, in the meantime we wanted to share a few tidbits from each amazing interview!

Last week we had the pleasure of meeting and talking with Melanie Notkin of READ MORE »