A genuine thank you

In Our Toolkit This time of year, I receive a lot of thank-you notes. I write a lot of them, too. And to be honest, most of them blur together. They’re polite. Appreciative. They hit the expected tone. But they don’t linger. Then every once in a while, I get one that does linger. Just […]

A solstice reflection

by Annalisa Holcombe, Founder & Principal Consultant Last week, I joined about a hundred people in silence as we walked through the dark forest at Bloedel. Each of us carried a small lantern. There was no talking, no narration, no instruction—just the light we held and the path in front of us. We were strangers. […]