Skip to content
RickKitagawa.com
  • Home
  • Change Making
  • Writing
    • All Writing
    • Blog
  • Podcasts
  • Visual Art
    • NFTs
    • Shop Art
  • About
    • Bio
    • Contact

Month: September 2020

Bunnies in Bear Suits
September 30, 2020September 27, 2020

Bunnies in Bear Suits

Blog by Rick0 comments

I used to think that there were two types of people – bears, and bunnies.   Bunnies are vulnerable, kind, and quiet.  Bears are aggressive, intimidating, and loud.   I came to realize that I was a bunny in a bear suit – someone who wanted to be sensitive and kind, but […]

Read more>>
Compliance Vs. Culture
September 29, 2020September 27, 2020

Compliance Vs. Culture

Blog by Rick0 comments

Getting your team to show up to meetings on time is one thing. You just have to put into place an enforced rule that if you’re late more than once, you’re fired. Building a culture around showing up to meetings on time requires much more work.   It’s creating incentives to show […]

Read more>>
Scary Stories
September 28, 2020September 27, 2020

Scary Stories

Blog by Rick0 comments

Given the state of the world and the monetization of clicks, scary stories live all around us. Reading the news or looking at social media can easily provoke that fear response and then send us into doom-scrolling.

I’d like to talk about a different kind of scary story – the kind that introduce each episode of my new podcast – The Inner Monster Podcast.

Read more>>
Hot Food
September 27, 2020September 22, 2020

Hot Food

Blog by Rick0 comments

I almost refuse to heat my leftovers up in the microwave. Sixty seconds feels like too long when I could be eating something right now.   I think hot, delicious food is great, but especially for a snack or for lunch, I’d rather eat quickly (even if the food is cold) so […]

Read more>>
Bloody Stool Flowers
September 26, 2020September 22, 2020

Bloody Stool Flowers

Blog by Rick0 comments

Shakespeare, in Romeo and Juliet, asks “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.”   Romeo might still be as handsome in Juliet’s eyes if his name was Romulus the Hideous, and I think a rose would still smell like a […]

Read more>>
The Day Job
September 25, 2020September 22, 2020

The Day Job

Blog by Rick0 comments

People talk smack on day jobs.   We’re enamored with people who can quit their jobs and do what they love. We celebrate brave entrepreneurs (those that have been successful in making lots of money). We write click-bait articles about celebrities that have fallen from stardom (note this language) and work a […]

Read more>>
Hard Water
September 24, 2020September 22, 2020

Hard Water

Blog by Rick0 comments

Hard water leaves traces of minerals all over everything, especially faucets and kettles.   The minerals are basically harmless, and easily break down if you keep cleaning it up constantly and focus on making sure it doesn’t go too long without addressing the issue. It’s sort of a pain. But if […]

Read more>>
Trusty the Trust Bear
September 23, 2020September 22, 2020

Trusty the Trust Bear

Blog by Rick0 comments

It seems like it’ll never fit with the consultancy I’m building, but we have this idea (thanks to my business partner’s romantic partner) of a giant mascot bear called Trusty who sells “trusticles”- trust popsicles – like a used car salesman.   It’s not very trustworthy image, nor is it really […]

Read more>>
September 22, 2020September 17, 2020

Hustle, Hustle. Hustle?

Blog by Rick0 comments

American culture is thick with the notion that if you hustle hard enough, anything can be yours.   There’s the 10,000 hour rule, where if you just spend enough time, you can be world class.  60 hour work weeks are seen as God-tier status, and all-nighters are humble-bragged about and worn […]

Read more>>
September 21, 2020September 17, 2020

The Game

Blog by Rick0 comments

Imagine you’re playing a game that has a difficult win condition.  You’re in a room where you’re flipping coins, and only the last person standing who has managed to flip heads each and every time will win.   You can measure your success by whether or not you win.  Or you […]

Read more>>

Posts navigation

Older posts

Subscribe for daily posts sent to your inbox

Categories

  • belonging (39)
  • bias (12)
  • Blog (434)
  • business (58)
  • career (57)
  • change (102)
  • context (35)
  • creativity (24)
  • culture building (147)
  • empathy (105)
  • fear (46)
  • gratitude (6)
  • impostor syndrome (33)
  • leadership (144)
  • make it better (146)
  • marketing (57)
  • power (1)
  • resilience (103)
  • rick life (108)
  • skee-ball (4)
  • Stories (3)
  • success (97)
  • systems (25)
  • trust (74)
  • Uncategorized (6)
  • value (44)

Archives

  • January 2023
  • December 2022
  • August 2022
  • July 2022
  • April 2022
  • March 2022
  • February 2022
  • January 2022
  • December 2021
  • October 2021
  • September 2021
  • August 2021
  • July 2021
  • June 2021
  • May 2021
  • April 2021
  • March 2021
  • February 2021
  • January 2021
  • December 2020
  • November 2020
  • October 2020
  • September 2020
  • August 2020
  • May 2019
  • March 2019
  • February 2019
  • January 2019
  • July 2016
Proudly powered by WordPress | Theme: Airi by aThemes.