Sunday Love Letter

Who Gets Off The Hook?

By Kelly Diels / May 24, 2026 / Comments Off on Who Gets Off The Hook?

My #1 culture making tool is the question Who Gets Off The Hook? It renders the invisible visible, and shows you where to aim your time, attention and money.

Why Online Groups Might Not Be That Great For Us

By Kelly Diels / August 6, 2023 / Comments Off on Why Online Groups Might Not Be That Great For Us

I meant to write this 6 weeks ago but I was busy doing quicksand things that masquerade as chemically rewarding but in fact are the frenemy of personal momentum. This morning, for example, I got up early to finish this email but since I was up so unbelievably early, I thought I’d also take some of…

The Fetishization of Leadership

By Kelly Diels / April 16, 2023 / Comments Off on The Fetishization of Leadership

Leaderism is the habit of calling anyone with power or a following a leader. The signs of status are not the content of leadership.

How NOT to Get Swamped by It All

By Kelly Diels / September 27, 2020 / Comments Off on How NOT to Get Swamped by It All

No one person can respond to all the need for change. But what each of us CAN do is sharpen our tools and show up to our spots on the wall. We create the most change when we leverage our talents and gifts.

Business, Capitalism, and Money Guilt. A Cure.

By Kelly Diels / September 21, 2020 / Comments Off on Business, Capitalism, and Money Guilt. A Cure.

Business and capitalism are not the same thing.

for when your contribution or leadership isn’t being acknowledged…

By Kelly Diels / March 9, 2020 / Comments Off on for when your contribution or leadership isn’t being acknowledged…

“Leaders Eat Last” as a leadership concept is novel to Simon Sinek but it is the ordinary, unsung leadership habit of most mothers and community-builders

What if…Trashing is about Redistributing Power in our Community?

By Kelly Diels / March 9, 2020 / Comments Off on What if…Trashing is about Redistributing Power in our Community?

Trashing is a power struggle triggered by “status dissatisfaction”. There’s a gap between someone’s capabilities and the attention they’re {not} getting

Procrastination: 4 counterintuitive insights that might help you feel a LOT better about yourself

By Kelly Diels / March 9, 2020 / Comments Off on Procrastination: 4 counterintuitive insights that might help you feel a LOT better about yourself

Sometimes procrastination is a creative and business ASSET. Here are four counterintuitive insights about procrastination that will help you leverage it.

Clear The Way! (A Culture-Making Tool.)

By Kelly Diels / January 12, 2020 / Comments Off on Clear The Way! (A Culture-Making Tool.)

Clearing the way means looking for the daily road-blocks and friction and clearing internalized limits and biases that block personal power.

on “lying to ourselves”. (I’m not so sure we do.)

By Kelly Diels / December 8, 2019 / Comments Off on on “lying to ourselves”. (I’m not so sure we do.)

“Lying to ourselves” is a lie. When we build our analysis about money and power, we can see through the lies — and that’s how we get free.