Change expert and Revolve You founder Julia Claeys Freeland recommends organizational leaders stop trying to manage change and start actively modeling what it looks like to engage in change.

In her new book, Take Your Shoes Off First, Freeland shares principles to help individuals and corporate teams bridge divides between colleagues, cultivate inclusion and accelerate innovation in our dramatically different world.

“To change the world, we must first change ourselves. This means engaging in change, not just managing it. When we shift our perspective and challenge our beliefs, we make room for different and open the door to new …

There have been a few twists and turns lately at local Food and Drink establishments on 45^th. Here is an Editor’s Choice article with some personal observations.  Let’s run them down:

I was surprised last week to see the small sign: Closed on Monday and Tuesdays in September due to staffing. Subject to change.  Is there a secret general labor strike going on?  Anyway, I look forward to their re-opening back everyday.

In the ‘old’ Starbucks location is a sign for a new tea shop: Young Tea.  Can’t wait.

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This Saturday, September 18^th, Seattle emergency communications teams will be practicing and demonstrating how an Emergency Communication Hub will work in the event we face a major natural disaster. The Double Trouble simulation will work through what we will need to do in the event of an earthquake, such as from the Seattle Fault or the Cascadia Subduction Fault.

The exercise will be conducted at the Maple Leaf Park, 1020 NE 82nd St, playground area in the southwest corner of park, from 9am to 1 pm. (Take bus #67 from 11th Ave in the U District.) Getting involved …

This is part 2 of our 2 part series asking questions of mayoral candidates. Harrell replied, Gonzalez did not.

Wallyhood: You have a reputation as a consensus builder, but as we saw with Ed Murray that can mean offering platitudes to the public while letting downtown power brokers make all the decisions (see: HALA). As things work today, find it / fix it requests are followed through on only occasionally. Social media and email to bureaucrats in government and city council reps are replied to only during political campaigns or if you have connections to people that matter. Public comment …

We wrote to the Harrell and Gonzalez campaigns with a couple questions for Wallyhood. The Gonzalez campaign went silent despite multiple requests for comment. Harrell came through with flying colors though, so we’re running each answer as a post on Wallyhood.

Wallyhood: Jenny Durkan has been saying that before Covid-19, 40% of our homeless population became homeless outside Seattle, but now that number is up to 60% and climbing (note: this means that if Seattle’s population of homeless is constant, then we’ve seen a 50% increase in our homeless population strictly from people coming to Seattle). The mayor has said …

The Wallingford Center Merchants have stepped up as an additional sponsor for the last week of the Where in Wallingford? Treasure Hunt. If you have a partially completed form, do the best you can with the rest of it and turn it in at one of the sponsors by September 15 so you can be in the drawing for the prizes.

If you have not yet explored the wonderful Wallingford commercial district along 45th, go by one of the sponsors to pick up a brochure and head out this weekend to find the pictured features. If you need additional information …

The Wallingford Library Branch will reopen on Monday, September 13. New hours will be 1 pm to 8 pm on Mondays and Tuesdays and 11 am to 6 pm Wednesdays and Thursdays. Masks are required of all users, regardless of vaccination status. The current schedule is for full service to be restored by the end of October. Pick ups of books requested on-line can now be routed to Wallingford for pick up next week.

The Fremont Branch is currently open everyday except Friday, including weekends. Details are at www.spl.org.…