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Recovery Isn’t Just Physical Ten days ago, I had a cycling accident in Europe that landed me in the ER. I injured my right arm and leg, and the bruising on my leg stretches from above my knee all the way to my foot. I’m very grateful that nothing is broken. As I’ve been managing…

One Issue That Keeps Coming Up in the Executive Leadership Offsites I Facilitate Over the summer, I facilitated several executive leadership offsites. Different organizations, different leaders, different challenges. But one issue came up again and again: communication. Not simply whether people were communicating enough, but whether they were communicating in ways that worked for the…

Our Thinking, Judgment, and Humanity Matter More Than Ever Last night, I went to the beautiful Boston Public Library for HubSpot’s launch of Kipp Bodnar’s new book, Loop. As a fellow author, I loved hearing about his writing process and how an important idea evolved into a book. I also left thinking about three things…

When I hear a coaching client say, “I need…,” one of the questions I sometimes ask is: “Do you truly need that, or is that what works best for you?” It may sound like semantics, but it can lead to a very different conversation. “I need 24 hours’ notice” leaves one acceptable option. “Twenty-four hours…

Last week, I wrote about being recognized by Thinkers360 as one of its Top 50 Thought Leaders in Behavioral Science. Since then, I’ve been reflecting on where my fascination with human behavior began. I keep coming back to one moment. When I was twelve years old, I learned that the only grandfather I’d ever known…

Miki Feldman Simon Named a Thinkers360 Top 50 Thought Leader in Behavioral Science I’m honored to have been recognized by Thinkers360 as one of its Top 50 Thought Leaders in Behavioral Science. Thank you to Thinkers360 for this recognition and for shining a spotlight on the important role behavioral science plays in helping people and…