Flying Beds and Standing Desks

Every evening, when I tucked in my young daughter, I would ask where she would travel tonight. She would respond with a variety of places. Sometimes it was simply to the park or the movies. Sometimes it was Narnia or the magical princess-castle.

Her bed could fly into the night.

When I was a child, my bed flew, too. Mine took the form of a boat (that flew, of course) or a magic carpet. But the concept was similar.

The ability to see what others can’t is an essential leadership skill.

But leaders also need the ability (whether through personal ability, a partner, or a team) to execute. It’s not enough to see the bed fly in your head. You need to make the bed actually fly.

Yes, that is a wizard’s hat and a genuine, battle ready, carbon steel, Scottish Claymore broad sword in the corner

None of us have solved the problem of flying beds.

Those of us whose beds could fly as children have moved on to grown-up things.

My daughter writes poems — and imagines creative beverages into existence and trains people how to make them.

I am running a business from my home, and it continues to spread, develop, and grow.

There’s a book that was only in my head that’s taking on embryonic shape and form.

Ideas may start with flying beds, but leaders don’t stop there.

Ideas come to life at a standing desk.

(At least that’s true in my new home office set-up.)