by Jennifer Horn-Frasier | Feb 15, 2023 | Insights, Strategic Grit
By Jennifer Horn-Frasier and Holly Adams “A lack of grit can come from having less coherent goal structures.” Author Angela Duckworth talks a lot about grit, and the lack of it, in her book Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance. But let’s back up a bit. What’s...
by Jennifer Horn-Frasier | Jan 6, 2023 | Insights
Messy challenges? They’re everywhere. Feeling overwhelmed by a challenge? Try conversation, the most powerful problem-solving technology we have. Conversation can move people from ideation to experimentation and learning to solution. What’s more, there’s a structure...
by Jennifer Horn-Frasier | Aug 1, 2022 | Strategic Grit
By Jennifer Horn-Frasier and Holly Adams Holly: Recently, my family and I were driving to dinner when we came across a car accident that had just occurred. It was clear the people involved needed assistance, so we called 911. The initial dialogue with the operator was...
by Jennifer Horn-Frasier | Jun 8, 2022 | Strategic Grit
Holly: There’s a word that comes up often in my work with clients and that is tired. We are all feeling tired right now. A mistaken assumption about grit is that you must plow through exhaustion, ignore it, or push it to the side. But if you are feeling overwhelmed...
by Jennifer Horn-Frasier | Feb 24, 2022 | Strategic Grit
By Jennifer Horn-Frasier and Holly Adams Holly: “Everyone has a story.” This was an observation a dear friend of mine made several years ago, and it helped me realize that we all have a seed of grit within us. Recognizing and acknowledging that seed in ourselves and...
by Jennifer Horn-Frasier | Jan 26, 2022 | Strategic Grit
By Jennifer Horn-Frasier and Holly Adams Jennifer: I’ve been thinking a lot about the complex problems we citizens of the world face today, the ones that have no easy, obvious solution. We read news stories about the tussling and political theatrics involved in...
