Each week Niki’s Notes, a part of A Better Paradigm, highlights the people and organizations pioneering business-model transformations to improve workplace culture. With a focus [...]
Published On: May 1, 2025Did you know 50% of businesses started since 2020 were launched because their founder wanted to use business as a platform for making [...]
Published On: April 24, 2025“If everything around seems dark, look again, you may be the light.” ~ Rumi What’s one thing you could do this [...]
Published On: April 17, 2025“Knowledge is the key to opening doors you didn’t even know existed” ~ said by someone smarter than me I had a [...]
Published On: April 10, 2025We are living through outrageous upheaval on every front: climate, business, politics, religion, family, friends—you name it. Changes are happening—big time. [...]
Published On: March 27, 2025Summary Thirty years in education taught Jennifer Eisenreich, professional speaker and founder of Shift Show Communication, that people simply want to be seen and [...]
Published On: March 25, 2025I saw my first daffodils of the year! It makes my heart happy to see spring coming around again. Is there a sign-of-spring [...]
Published On: March 20, 2025Let’s take a deep breath for the count of 8. Hold for 6. Release the breath for 4. Do it twice more. (And [...]
Published On: March 13, 2025Thank you for all your emails and comments about the pause, reflect, respond suggestion I shared last week for managing stressors. I really [...]
Published On: February 27, 2025Someone asked me what I could share to help them cope with excessive stress brought on by “the news.” I acknowledged there is [...]
Published On: February 20, 2025How is your work life going? Are you and your colleagues dealing with unanticipated stresses, or is 2025 par for the course in [...]
Published On: February 13, 2025I wish those who are mandating 4-5 days a week Return to Office (RTO) would take a more people-focused and long-term view. We’ve [...]
Published On: January 30, 2025I noticed on Monday the afternoon was a little longer, with the sun setting at 5:04 p.m. That’s 25 minutes more afternoon sunshine [...]
Published On: January 23, 2025As companies increasingly pull employees back to the office, in some cases 4-5 days a week, I’m hearing about all kinds of lifestyle [...]
Published On: January 16, 2025It’s been three weeks since we connected this way—how are you? Did you think, “fine” or “good” or “great”? Or are you not-so-great, [...]
Published On: January 9, 2025