by Tony Zampella | Aug 31, 2026 | Communication, Leadership
If you had to identify one human capacity that makes each of the following possible, what would it be? Engineering a cityExecuting a business strategyProducing offspringRunning a marathonPlaying in a jazz quartet The answer may not be obvious. These activities seem to...
by Tony Zampella | Jul 20, 2026 | Learning/Coaching
A client, Kathy, arrives at a coaching session exhausted. “I know exactly what I need to do,” she says. “I just can’t seem to do it.” The coaching conversation quickly turns toward goals, accountability, habits, and confidence. Together, coach and client begin...
by Tony Zampella | Jun 15, 2026 | Learning/Coaching
Life unfolds through creative tension. The ancient Greeks captured this tension through two mythic figures: Apollo and Dionysus, both sons of Zeus (though born of different mothers: Leto and Semele, respectively). Popularized by Nietzsche in The Birth of Tragedy, the...
by Tony Zampella | Apr 20, 2026 | Communication, Leadership, Practice
In a previous essay on coaching, politics, and democracy, I explored what it means to treat democracy as a living conversation—and offered practices to sustain it. The foundational practice included a simple, but essential commitment: good faith. Since then,...
by Tony Zampella | Mar 12, 2026 | Wisdom
In the Star Trek: Voyager episode “Sacred Ground,” Captain Kathryn Janeway—a trained scientist with a background in quantum cosmology and a former chief science officer—faces a crisis she cannot solve through conventional means. When crewmember Kes is rendered...
