Author Archives: Joe

Visual Metaphor – Everything Everywhere All at Once

Posted on September 21, 2023 by Joe

This is another in a series of visual metaphors that I provide as a learning tool for executive coaches in order to develop their clients’ leadership skills. This visual metaphor is a three panel, sequential cartoon that illustrates this client’s … Continue reading →

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Sun Sinks in the West

Posted on September 17, 2023 by Joe

Enjoying a perfect day at Jefferson Square in South Philadelphia. Summer is slowly turning to Fall and this is the perfect place to enjoy it.

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Looking Up in Philly

Posted on September 13, 2023 by Joe

A small portion of City Hall where Broad and Market Streets intersect.

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Visual Metaphors: From Spinning Plates to Home Plate

Posted on September 7, 2023 by Joe

This is another in a series of visual metaphors that I provide as a learning tool for executive coaches in order to develop their clients’ leadership skills. This visual metaphor is a three panel, sequential cartoon that illustrates this client’s … Continue reading →

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Killing Off the Birthday Sketchbook

Posted on September 5, 2023 by Joe

I finished up the Ticonderoga UCreate tablet that I received as a birthday gift this past fall. I’ve used these sketchbooks before, and the price and size are right, but they just aren’t as special as the mysterious Sketchbooks from … Continue reading →

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Last Weekend for The Pool

Posted on September 3, 2023 by Joe

Our neighborhood pool is still open and will remain open until Labor Day. This is an unusual but welcome move for the parks and recreation department. They are usually closed by now, but I’m not going to think too hard … Continue reading →

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Visual Metaphor: Sports, Mountains and Music

Posted on August 31, 2023 by Joe

This is another in a series of visual metaphors that I provide as a learning tool for executive coaches in order to develop their clients’ leadership skills. This visual metaphor is a three panel, sequential cartoon that illustrates this client’s … Continue reading →

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We Were Warned

Posted on August 27, 2023 by Joe

Usually we all have a good laugh at the way authors, illustrators and filmmakers of the past imagined the future. It’s usually little men from Mars or silver needle spaceships or hulking automatons serving sinister masters. That isn’t the case … Continue reading →

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