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Playing Hide and Seek with G-d
Inside Grace Cathedral in San Francisco other pilgrims walked ahead of me on the labyrinth, their measured steps muffled on the tapestry underneath their feet. The tapestry was modeled on the labyrinth chiseled into the floor at Chartres Cathedral in France. I shuffled along with my eyes trained on the carpet, the blinking flames of […]
How to Cultivate Culture Change with Lauren Tashman | Episode 8
In this Cultivate Your Culture article, Zoran is joined by Dr. Lauren Tashman, who is a performance coach and certified mental performance consultant based in New York City. She works with clients in a variety of performance domains on mindset, leadership, and team culture through her private practice Align Performance, LLC, and as a master […]
Unstable? YES! Totally Unstable & Great Fun
Rob Lowe’s new Netflix series, Unstable, is a joyful romp that provides hours of over-the-top fun entertainment! Lowe, probably best known for his ill-fated sex tape from years gone by, proves he is more than just a pretty face! IMHO, he has gone well beyond his term as one of the original Brat Pack. Also […]
How to Rebuild Team Culture with Kimia Hamidi | Episode 7
In this Cultivate Your Culture article, Zoran is joined by Kimia Hamidi, the founder of Buyer – Negotiation as a Service for tech-focused companies. Buyer audits a company’s spend and negotiates their contracts without being jerks. Kimia has been involved in a few other companies, a previous exit, and tons learned along the way. He […]
Transatlantic – A Real Life Journey of Heroism and Compassion
Transatlantic, the new Netflix series based on The Flight Portfolio by Julie Orringer, is a heartwarming series depicting the heroic efforts of ‘real-life” American Varian Fry and his cadre of British Intelligence operatives helping refugees escape the Nazi persecution of intelligentsia, artists and ‘enemies of the state’ escape to the United States during the early […]
Breaking the Double Standard: Why Fathers Should be Held to Equal Standards as Mothers
When I became a mum, there was this weight placed on me from day 1, it felt like there was a stash of perfectionism and instincts that I had received as soon as I birthed my son. It鈥檚 all in the comments people make as they remind you that you were created for this moment, […]
How to Foster Values-Based Teams with Jennifer Walinga | Episode 6
In this Cultivate Your Culture article, Zoran is joined by the gold-medal Olympian, professor, and organizational consultant Jennifer Walinga who shares easy-to-apply techniques to foster values-based teams. This article is the transcript of a podcast done regularly by Zoran Stojkovi膰. Listen to Cultivate Your Culture. Please excuse any transcript errors in this article. Jennifer Wallinga: I worked […]
FUBAR is Terminator meets James Bond!
FUBAR, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Monica Barbaro, is a mindless but fun takeoff on Terminator meets James Bond with a dash of True Lies. A totally mindless but totally fun romp! Who cares what the plot is? It is just fun hours of mischief peppered with a great supporting cast that delivers on all levels. […]
Happiness Starts with Death and God
Death and God: This is probably the number one key to True Happiness鈥�. the 鈥榢iller app鈥�. All humans are mortal, and we all die. Actually, death is the defining characteristic of life. It鈥檚 the one thing we all know will happen for sure. Yet, it is a seldom discussed topic on a personal level. It […]
America the Beautiful
Yes, America the Beautiful. One of our great songs. Some people even confuse it as our National Anthem because of its stirring words. It also makes a great title for traveling in the United States. If you live in America, the news is mostly about its problems. And like all places, there are plenty of […]
White House Plumbers – White House Bumblers?
OMG, director David Mandel’s new political miniseries on HBO Max, White House Plumbers, chronicling the ill-fated 1970’s Watergate break in, is a thoroughly engaging comedy (remember a comedy is a play on or about life) of errors. I wonder, given the poetic license of portraying the events, how could any of those involved not be […]
How to Disrupt Toxic Behaviors on Teams with Monique Kavelaars | Episode 5
In this Cultivate Your Culture article, Zoran is joined by Monique Kavelaars. Monique is a retired Olympic fencer, entrepreneur, business facilitator, and trainer. She has been working with teams to create cultural shifts in pursuit of high performance for over 15 years. Building on her experience as a Canadian Olympian, Monique guides teams to learn […]
