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Hello folks also on Twitter. Is Twitter melted down today? Wondering if it's another technical meltdown or if I've been shadow...

Hello folks also on Twitter. Is Twitter melted down today? Wondering if it's another technical meltdown or if I've been shadow banned without notification

Is it just me, or has Twitter completely melted down again today?

Is it just me, or has Twitter completely melted down again today?

Have a friend who's very sick? Do yourself a big favor, don't wait to go see them and tell them you value them. Found out today...

Have a friend who's very sick? Do yourself a big favor, don't wait to go see them and tell them you value them. Found out today that a longtime friend passed yesterday. Grateful that I got to spend time with him over the Memorial Day weekend, but had thought I'd see him again.

Actually started to tick me off. Been traveling Atlantic Canada. EV charging stations everywhere. Gas stations, provincial and national...

Actually started to tick me off. Been traveling Atlantic Canada. EV charging stations everywhere. Gas stations, provincial and national parks, including small, rural, remote communities. Meanwhile, here in the US we're debating standards, arguing over who pays and we have no useful charging infrastructure

#Fire followers, my final thoughts on #TheSupesHandook are that final thoughts ("Anything else?") from some of the profiled...

#Fire followers, my final thoughts on #TheSupesHandook are that final thoughts ("Anything else?") from some of the profiled #hotshot superintendents demonstrate the #leadership wisdom that resides within this group of people; and I would argue, within the wildland fire community. Wisdom that senior leaders in their agencies can leverage if they choose to see it , acknowledge it, embrace it. Some of the best material in the book. I am nearly back to where I started. #Fire work attracts some highly intelligent people, they may or may not be highly educated people, who are passionate #StudentsOfLeadership. In this group, profiled in the book, are people who felt the weight of their responsibilities and, accordingly, took their leadership seriously. I, obviously, value formal education, but reading this book I am also reminded that one may gain knowledge by many paths and what is important is that one build and hone their knowledge of their craft, to be "a student of" - a person who, the more they learn, the more they want to know. There are people in the profiled group with advanced, formal, post-secondary education; there are also amazing self-educated people including what may be real, live polymaths.

Hello #fire folks in my network following my musings on #TheSupesHandbook. Tonight I cried. Reading the author's story of her trip to...

Hello #fire folks in my network following my musings on #TheSupesHandbook. Tonight I cried. Reading the author's story of her trip to interview #PaulGleason right at the time of his passing brought a flood of Gleason memory. Her story also reminded me, when Paul died I spent a powerful, emotional evening in a hotel ballroom with a group of Paul's NPS colleagues, reminiscing and processing Paul's passing. Extra intense 'cause it just so happened we were also doing the 1st Cerro Grande staff ride, and some of the folks present were already processing some strong emotions. All these years later, I hope the people who receive the Paul Gleason Lead By Example Award have a deep and intense understanding of who's memory it is they are being honored with for their own achievements and what that means

I'm half way through #TheSupesHandbook by #AngieTom #DesertRatPress and have three things on my mind. 1) Not that I did not know, but I...

I'm half way through #TheSupesHandbook by #AngieTom #DesertRatPress and have three things on my mind. 1) Not that I did not know, but I am reminded that some really intelligent people are drawn to fire work. Some may not have a lot of formal education, but there are some incredibly smart people. Some of the people profiled have formal post-secondary ed, others are phenomenally self-taught (more on that later) but, regardless of education, just natively smart people. 2) While they might or might not acknowledge themselves as such, there are some passionate students of leadership in the profiled group who understood and felt the weight of the responsibility, obligations and burdens of leadership and took their leadership seriously. It seems, for most, the fire part came pretty easy. Taking care of people was their obsession. 3) I am reminded, sadly, of how often I've seen their agencies and others, fail to recognize, under-appreciate, dismiss and even suppress that kind of intelligence and passionate leadership savvy. It's not only that these people, and people like them have my respect, and that I believe they deserve the acknowledgement and respect of others, but I see organizations failing to recognize and make the most of great resources that are right at their fingertips. I find myself thinking about senior leaders who would have benefitted from coaching and mentoring by some of these folks but who could never let that happen because they could not see around their own position, their own ego, the threat they felt, etc.

Hello, still looking for more folks to network with interested in #leaders #leadership #wildlandfire #fire #mentors #mentoring

Hello, still looking for more folks to network with interested in #leaders #leadership #wildlandfire #fire #mentors #mentoring

#Fire and #Leadership folk in my network. I am easing into The Supe’s Handbook: Leadership Lessons from America’s Hotshot Crews by...

#Fire and #Leadership folk in my network. I am easing into The Supe’s Handbook: Leadership Lessons from America’s Hotshot Crews by #AngieTom (Desert Rat Press.) Given by a friend month's ago, it has been calling to me but neglected.

Having quite a personal journey. First, I was a hotshot for two fire seasons. While only two seasons, one as a crewmember and one as a Squad Boss, I consider those two seasons as foundational for me; as fire professional, as leader, and as a person.
I “supervised” hotshot superintendents (as much as one supervises them) on the fireline off-and-on for 30 years. As I read, I am finding that I am quite proud that I know or knew (some are, sadly no longer with us) more than 20 of the people profiled. Some as firefighting colleagues, some as training cadre teammates, some as audience members and training participants, others as consulting clients. Some have been little more than a voice on the other end of the radio, others I have known well and consider friends and each in their own way, inspiring leadership examples.
I somehow missed the foreword credit on the cover. So, as I was reading the foreword I'm thinking "This is so good, who could this be?" I decided not to spoil the surprise by looking ahead, but the whole time, in the back of my mind I was thinking "This is so damned good, which of the supe "icons" can this be?" I had some guesses, then when I got the end.... "Of course, Anthony Escobar!" His foreward was balanced, real, on-point. It got me excited about cutting into the meat of the book. I'll be posting from time-to-time as I read. Perhaps I’ll pull my thoughts together later for an article or something. Please jump in and engage if you see a chance. On LinkedIn and over at the dying bird site as well.

@bud_t Trying over and over to follow you back. Can't make it work. Says I'm not allowed

@bud_t Trying over and over to follow you back. Can't make it work. Says I'm not allowed

Just about to bag Mastodon because I cannot figure out how to open right or left columns, set preferences, etc. Anybody got a resource that...

Just about to bag Mastodon because I cannot figure out how to open right or left columns, set preferences, etc. Anybody got a resource that doesn't start out with "What is Mastodon?"

It's Saturday, a good day to ask others sharing my interests to follow to help us build our...

It's Saturday, a good day to ask others sharing my interests to follow to help us build our networks

#Leaders
#Leadership
#LeadershipDevelopment
#LeadershipStudies
#OrganizationalEffectiveness
#OrganizationalLeadership
#Fire
#WildlandFire

Wow, a nice bump in "followers" here this week - all of whom I've followed back. Thanks all for joining up and helping build...

Wow, a nice bump in "followers" here this week - all of whom I've followed back. Thanks all for joining up and helping build a network here as I gradually try to disconnect from #Twitter

Still working to build a network here. My understanding is that, to do this, I should post with by interests hashtagged like this #fire...

Still working to build a network here. My understanding is that, to do this, I should post with by interests hashtagged like this #fire #wildlandfire #leadership #LeadershipThinking #LeadershipStudies #leaders #organizationaleffectiveness #coaching #mentoring Then, I am supposed to ask you to boost this message and ask you to make a similar post with similar instructions. Playing along.

Just wanted to say a hearty "thank you" to each of you who have recently followed here. Happy Thanksgiving!

Just wanted to say a hearty "thank you" to each of you who have recently followed here. Happy Thanksgiving!

@sjpyne looking forward to connecting here

@sjpyne looking forward to connecting here

Hello. Still new here and still figuring out how to build a network. I am interested...

Hello. Still new here and still figuring out how to build a network. I am interested in....

#Leadership
#LeadershipDevelopment
#LeadershipThinking
#LeadershipStudies
#OrganizationalLeadership
#organizationalculture
#organizationaleffectiveness
#Fire
#WildlandFire

Hey recent folks following, thanks for joining in. Was starting to wonder if I'd be able to build a network here or not

Hey recent folks following, thanks for joining in. Was starting to wonder if I'd be able to build a network here or not

@JimWhittington @JohnFisher thanks for following. Still trying to figure out how to build a network over here

@JimWhittington @JohnFisher thanks for following. Still trying to figure out how to build a network over here

It's good to be on Mastodon, but I'm struggling to figure it out and need some administrator assistance (onebof the things I...

It's good to be on Mastodon, but I'm struggling to figure it out and need some administrator assistance (onebof the things I can't figure out) Hoping to see some of my favorite tweeps migrate over.