As I clenched the arms of the dentist chair, I plotted my response.

I knew my dentist was once again going to ask me 'the question'. When was I going to come in for a new crown on my tooth that was in dire need of repair?

And yes, he did ask me....

I arrived in the Brazilian rainforest eager to teach a group of field construction managers how to transform their team’s productivity on a mega project. I was wide awake after having discovered earlier that morning that the shower was...

The monthly project review meeting, on the massive project, started out just like all of the previous review meetings. Nothing out of the ordinary. My role was designing and facilitating the project review meetings so that the steering committee...

It was 2:30 in the morning. I was a young engineer. Eager and excited. I was leading a team of engineers starting up a huge addition to a Paper Mill. I was on my way to great things!

I was leading the night shift team, and every night I needed to...