Local Articles

• How Libraries Make Life More Affordable and Why It Matters More Than Ever
• Can ChatGPT Write a Better Speech Than a Toastmaster?
• Possibilities are Not Probabilities – Comprehending Chance
• Disney Magic @ the Library – An Interview with James Songster, Sue Schank, & Barbara Blake
• Effective Email Etiquette – How to Ensure Your Messages Are Understood
• How to Get to Inbox Zero
• Leadership in Libraries: Observations from the Director’s Seat
• Can You Read a Self Help Book Effectively in 90 Minutes?
• Deal or No Deal Mr. Hall – How We Misunderstand Probability
• The Zen of Bridgewater – Ray Dalio on Leadership
• Legos! – The Secret of Organizational Culture
• eBook Warfare: Publishers are Changing the Rules About eBooks, and Librarians are Not Staying Silent About It!
• Malcolm Gladwell – The Fascinatingly Flawed Intellectual
• Let’s Be Frank – Leadership Is Not For Everyone
• Why the Internet Will Never Replace Public Libraries

Published Articles, Book Chapters, and Interviews

• Librarianship Beyond the Textbook – Chapter 6, Running Effective Meetings – Bloomsbury Publishing, 2026
• We’re Stronger Together – An Interview with Emily Drabinski – Public Libraries Online – July 21, 2023
• Building a Second Brain – A Conversation with Tiago Forte – Public Libraries Online – July 4, 2023
• Finding Your Leadership Pathway – Learning Exchange – Volume 38, Number 4 & Volume 39, Number 1-3 – March 2023 – Official Newsletter of the ALA Learning Roundtable
• Brave Communities – A Conversation with Lessa Kanani’opua Pelayo-Lozada – Public Libraries Online – June 2, 2022
• Leadership Perspective – Vision – Learning Exchange – September 2021 Volume 38, Number 1 – Official Newsletter of the ALA Learning Roundtable
• Gazing into the Crystal Ball – Library Directors Look Ahead to 2022 – Public Libraries Online – December 29, 2021
• Is COVID-19 Still Preventing Indoor Library Activities? – Public Libraries Online – October 8, 2021
• Leadership Perspective – The Leader as Diplomat – Learning Exchange – September 2021 Volume 38, Number 1 – Official Newsletter of the ALA Learning Roundtable
• Are We Reaching the End of DVD Collections – Public Libraries Online – June 30, 2021
• Leadership Perspective – Organizational Health – Learning Exchange – June 2021 Volume 37, Number 4 – Official Newsletter of the ALA Learning Roundtable
• LEGOS – The Secret to Building to Building a Great Organization – Learning Exchange – March 2021 Volume 37, Number 3 – Official Newsletter of the ALA Learning Roundtable
• Don’t Fall for these Five Fallacies – Learning Exchange – December 2020 Volume 37, Number 2 – Official Newsletter of the ALA Learning Roundtable
• Leadership Lessons Learned from the Pandemic – Learning Exchange – September 2020 Volume 37, Number 1 – Official Newsletter of the ALA Learning Roundtable
• The Zen of Bridgewater – Ray Dalio on Leadership – (Condensed Version) Learning Exchange – March/June 2020 Volume 36, Numbers 3&4 – Official Newsletter of the ALA Learning Roundtable
• How to Get Workflow Under Control – From Inbox to Done – Learning Exchange – December 2019  Volume 36, Number 2 – Official Newsletter of the ALA Learning Roundtable
• Go For It! Advice From Library Directors – Public Libraries May/June 2019
• My GTD Story was posted on the Getting Things Done web site, Sept 25, 2018
• Efficient Librarianship: A New Path for the Profession – Public Libraries Nov/Dec 2017
• Overcoming the Email Blues – Learning Exchange – December 2017  Volume 34, Number 2 Official Newsletter of the ALA Learning Roundtable
• May I Ask You a Question? Lessons Learned from Interviewing Public Library Leaders – Public Libraries Nov/Dec. 2015

Presentations

• Thoughts on Management: Improving Meetings and Communication – Presented at the Library Journal Management Training – October 24, 2023
• Florida Libraries are Fundamental to Freedom – Speech given at the Florida Library Association Conference, May 2023
• Why Did I Make That Dumb Decision? – PCI Webinars – October 7, 2020
• How Leaders Make Decisions – PLAN Webinar #3, June 3, 2020
• Leadership:  Challenges and Rewards – PLAN Webinar #1, March 2020
• Five Minutes to Inbox Zero – Spark Talk – PLA Conference 2018

Podcasts

• Kent Oliver, Past Director of the Nashville Public Library, and I were the initial guests on the Public Libraries Podcast – Director Dialogues series, July 2022.
• I was interviewed about Efficient Librarianship on the Library Leadership Podcast released in Nov. 2019
• I was the first guest on the Public Libraries Podcast, where I spoke on library leadership, Nov. 2015

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