After 30 years of being associated with the Hubble Space Telescope I’ve picked up some fun stories. I’ve also learned a few things about the sometimes fine line between success and failure in complex, rapidly changing, high stakes times. This is the first in what will be an ongoing series of articles where I share a bit of what I picked up along the way.

Faculty members are a university’s most precious resource. As universities adapt to changing times, that resource is increasingly at risk. It needs to be protected – and protected from itself.

Our experience of beauty is not an “also ran” on the list of things that make us human. I took on that question in a TEDx talk I hope you might enjoy.

Executives use coaching to reach their full potential while maintaining balance in their lives. Professionals could learn a lot from their example.

Many of our easy habits of mind once served Humanity well, but fail us miserably in a modern, rapidly-changing world. Fortunately there are alternatives.

The common notion of right-brained and left-brained people is a myth. There is no need to let it limit you.