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Amy Storrow

Amy Storrow

So it’s my last week

Maybe you don’t want to hear this, but lately I have been thinking about Heidegger. When I studied his work in college, it was like…

Aug 28, 2018

So it’s my last week

Aug 28, 2018

Amy Storrow

You Own Only One Coat

For the sake of argument, let’s imagine that you own only one coat. Let’s say it’s, oh, a pea coat — something generic and stodgy but…

Jul 16, 2018

You Own Only One Coat

Jul 16, 2018

Amy Storrow

Meetings in the wilds of Connecticut: leadership without authority

I live in a small town that happens to be a large building of about 120 apartments. We are a quirky bunch. We work in nonprofits, as public…

Jul 6, 2018

Meetings in the wilds of Connecticut: leadership without authority

Jul 6, 2018

Amy Storrow

I am but a lowly participant. What can I do to make meetings better?

So one thing I’ve heard a lot lately is that many people would love to have more efficient, meaningful meetings, but they do not have a…

May 17, 2018

I am but a lowly participant. What can I do to make meetings better?

May 17, 2018

Amy Storrow

Bird by birding

One of my favorite books is Anne Lamott’s Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life. Even if you have no interest in creative…

Apr 4, 2018

Bird by birding

Apr 4, 2018

Amy Storrow

Make space, but how?

Space is the body language of an organization. — Chris Flink, the d.school and IDEO

Mar 30, 2018

Make space, but how?

Mar 30, 2018

Amy Storrow

Seven One-Things

For those of you who have asked for the most interesting or the most important or the most surprising thing I’ve learned so far, I present…

Feb 22, 2018

Seven One-Things

Feb 22, 2018

Amy Storrow

Pizza, contagion, and model sailboats: is efficiency good for innovation?

Jeff Bezos has a rule: invite only as many people to a meeting as can be fed by two pizzas. In Network Dynamics of Social Behavior, Penn…

Jan 29, 2018

Pizza, contagion, and model sailboats: is efficiency good for innovation?

Jan 29, 2018

Amy Storrow

How strategy and tactics can keep us from our work: towards task-driven meetings

A few weeks ago, I had the good fortune to spend a day at MathWorks, thanks to my old friend from high school, Mary Beth Rettger. Mathworks…

Jan 19, 2018

How strategy and tactics can keep us from our work: towards task-driven meetings

Jan 19, 2018

Amy Storrow

Step back, step forward, speak, speak up

You’ve heard the line: if you usually speak a lot in meetings, please step back. If you usually stay quiet, step forward. Sometimes this…

Dec 31, 2017

Step back, step forward, speak, speak up

Dec 31, 2017

Amy Storrow

Amy Storrow

Foreign Service Officer. Most of the entries before September 2018 focus on meetings and organizational design. Later ones will run the gamut.

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