by Art Dykstra | Dec 1, 2025 | Art Dykstra, Blog, Curious Leader, Leadership
LEARN A LITTLE: Is There Something Driving You Crazy? I trust you will overlook my non-professional use of the word “crazy”, but it helps cut to the chase and capture something I have been observing on a much more frequent basis. People seem to be in a...
by Art Dykstra | Nov 1, 2025 | Art Dykstra, Blog, Curious Leader, Leadership
LEARN A LITTLE: There Is No Such Thing as All of a Sudden I was talking with a neighbor recently, who was, according to him, mowing the grass for the last time this year. “All of a sudden,” his mower quit, and the engine just died. No matter how many times he...
by Art Dykstra | Oct 1, 2025 | Art Dykstra, Blog, Curious Leader, Leadership
LEARN A LITTLE: How’s Your Job Going? It’s amazing how many people I have met during my career, who have shared the fact that they hate their job. I recently met a fellow in middle management, who told me, “I only have 14 more years, 3 months, 11 days and...
by Art Dykstra | Sep 1, 2025 | Art Dykstra, Blog, Curious Leader, Leadership
LEARN A LITTLE: Something to Think About I was at a conference recently and a number of us were sitting together discussing the “secrets” of successful leadership. We ended up talking about a wide variety of topics and shared a wide variety of viewpoints. It...
by Art Dykstra | Aug 1, 2025 | Art Dykstra, Blog, Curious Leader, Leadership
LEARN A LITTLE: The Perils of Convenience Like a lot of constructs, “convenience” can define very positive things or results as well as negative ones. Most people would agree that using a microwave oven, shopping online, purchasing a book on Amazon, etc. are welcome...