Dominique O'Rourke

Onwards: How Starbucks Fought for Its Life without Losing Its Soul

I fell for it! The quote from Warren Bennis on the back cover of Onwards: How Starbucks Fought for Its Life without Losing Its Soul. It read: “Howard Schultz has written, with aching honesty and passion, the single most important book on leadership and change for our time and for every generation of leaders. ThisContinue reading “Onwards: How Starbucks Fought for Its Life without Losing Its Soul”

Do you Wordle? Generate a Word Cloud in minutes

You’ve seen the cool word clouds on posters, web-sites, greeting cards, … but do you know how to make one? Check out Wordle.net for a quick and easy word cloud. Paste in a bunch of text or a url. Within seconds Voilà! Your word cloud. The program automatically excludes common words like “the”, “or “,Continue reading “Do you Wordle? Generate a Word Cloud in minutes”

Put down the “smart-phone” and ask a great question

At a business lunch, I noticed that almost everyone left their phones on the table in front of them. Are they waiting for someone more interesting to call? In a pub on St. Patrick’s Day, at least half the people were holding phones, telling others… what? That they are having such a great time? IfContinue reading “Put down the “smart-phone” and ask a great question”

Guest Post: Resilience – The Power of Bouncing Back

Thursday Guest Post My friend and classmate Glo Higdon provided great advice on resilience in her trueblisscoach blog earlier this week. She is an accomplished entrepreneur, a coach, scholar and lifelong learner who never fails to bring new insights and practical research-based suggestions to timeless challenges. With her permission, I have reposted it below inContinue reading “Guest Post: Resilience – The Power of Bouncing Back”