Erik Foley

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Grind

Grind

We are paid not by the hour but by the value we provide. You have greatness inside you. The great human story is how much of this greatness we can bring forward in service to others. All we have is what we've always had: time, talent, tools and a team. What we do with what we have makes all the difference.

Dumber by the Hour: How Back-to-Back Meetings are Killing Your Company (and what to do about it)

Dumber by the Hour: How Back-to-Back Meetings are Killing Your Company (and what to do about it)

Like you, I recently survived a Tuesday that was less a workday and more a high-stakes clinical test of cognitive overload. What are we doing to ourselves? My calendar was a solid, unyielding block of 10 meetings. Time management? You would think I'd never heard of it. David

AI as Catalyst not Crutch: Three Principles to Live By

AI as Catalyst not Crutch: Three Principles to Live By

Artificial Intelligence (AI) challenges us to consider that some things are worth thinking about, while others are not. I want to suggest that if we choose to use AI to replace the necessary effort of human learning, it will make us dumber and co-dependent. And if we allow it to

A Workday like a Wetland

A Workday like a Wetland

Build your day like you'd build a wetland. Only then will the wildlife of ideas flourish and the water run clean. I've struggled mightily with this. My days too often were ending with me on the brink of a nervous breakdown. As the saying goes, "

A Powerful Method for Deciding What to Listen to, Read, or Watch

A Powerful Method for Deciding What to Listen to, Read, or Watch

Undigested information. Clogged thoughts. Bloated brain. You can see it in the eyes exposed to too many words, images, memes, videos: distant, distressed, and drained. You just went to the all-you-can-eat Internet giga shop or drank mightily of the social media fountain. I confess: I don't know what

The Power of Small Time: Thinking Slow in the Fast Lane

The Power of Small Time: Thinking Slow in the Fast Lane

A quiet leadership crisis is unfolding: the erosion of time to think. Many leaders I work with in corporations around the world express a yearning for deeper thinking time amidst their busyness. They understand when I say the mantra should be to "think slow and act fast." Yet,

What should I be reading or listening to? Tips for focus and cognitive fitness

What should I be reading or listening to? Tips for focus and cognitive fitness

Undigested information. Clogged thoughts. Bloated brain. You can see it in the eyes exposed to too many words, images, memes, videos: distant, distressed, and drained. You just went to the all-you-can-eat giga shop known as the World Wide Web or drank mightily of the social media fountain. There is too

Forgetting to Learn: Four Surprising Keys to Durable Learning

Forgetting to Learn: Four Surprising Keys to Durable Learning

Whether cramming for a test, listening to a sermon or watching an instructional YouTube video, we all get that elusive feeling: "oh I got this!" We fall victim to the idea that learning is a passive activity. We even use language such as saying someone is a "