Monday, December 7th, 2020
Organizational Performance Art.Organizational. Performance. Art. These three words, separately and together, make my heart sing. I slow down and breathe and feel their warming, tingling, energizing, expansive impact on my […]
Monday, September 21st, 2020
Part 1: Delight I want to write about Delight. This is your and my birthright. I feel life and spirit coursing through me. So do you. I want to shout […]
Monday, May 18th, 2020
So. The way I’m counting, May 4 was the beginning of Week 9 of this COVID-19 no-longer-just-a-moment time. I’ve been getting full on witchy[1] around here. When I tire of […]
Friday, April 3rd, 2020
For most of us, it’s now been a few weeks of sheltering in, with all but essential workers (who we can never thank enough!) eating, sleeping, working, care taking, and […]
Sunday, March 22nd, 2020
We have begun a re-wilding of the earth and ourselves. Dolphins are returning to Venice’s canals and children everywhere are finding ways to sustain themselves, free of the industrial/military/capitalist frames […]
Sunday, March 15th, 2020
Bittersweet spring greetings. First and foremost, I wish you and the people you love, play, and work with good health and equanimity as we weather a global pandemic. I’ve been […]
Friday, December 20th, 2019
My mother, April Schwartz, died two months ago. The journey of grief, release, and transformation is profound, and I want to share with you a personal story from a few […]
Wednesday, April 10th, 2019
The facilitation and culture change practice I engage in with social change organizations is part and parcel of a decades-long, abiding inquiry in group process that began with theater directing […]
Friday, July 6th, 2018
Summer is, by far, my most favorite season. It’s no wonder that the Solid Fire Consulting logo looks a little like a Summer sun ablaze or the volunteer sunflower in […]
Wednesday, March 28th, 2018
Seventeen months, seven seasons, and eighteen demonstrations after the presidential election, I don’t know about you, but I’ve been waking up most mornings and spending most days cycling between two […]