06.10.2026 IGNITE Where Dr. Tom Webb sparks your curiosity and inspires action! Friends, Summer has a sneaky way of speeding up on us. One minute we are kicking off Memorial Day weekend, and the next minute the weekends are packed, the calendar is crowded, and the list of “we should have” starts getting louder. We should have taken that trip. We should have cleaned the garage. We should have finished that project. We should have done more. But here is your simple summer check-in: Don’t let...
3 days ago • 1 min read
06.03.2026 IGNITE Where Dr. Tom Webb sparks your curiosity and inspires action! Reader, Summer moves fast. The weekends fill up. The evenings get busy. The days disappear faster than a bag of chips at a pool party. So here’s a simple question: This summer, I would like to __________. Read more? Stretch? Pray? Walk? Write? Lift? Call a friend? Sit outside and drink your coffee without checking your phone? Whatever it is, don’t overcomplicate it. Shrink it to less than 5 minutes. Then stack it...
10 days ago • 1 min read
05.27.2026 IGNITE Where Dr. Tom Webb sparks your curiosity and inspires action! Friends, As we come back to work after Memorial Day weekend and the unofficial kickoff of summer, I want to give you a simple tool to help make this your best summer ever. Whether you work full time, work 10.5 or 11 months as a principal, or have the summer off as a teacher, we all know the truth. Summer moves fast. One minute we are grilling burgers, watching ball games, and saying, “We’ve got all summer.” The...
17 days ago • 3 min read
05.20.2026 IGNITE Where Dr. Tom Webb sparks your curiosity and inspires action! Reader your willpower battery is not unlimited, Every leader knows the feeling. You start the day with a full battery. You are focused, patient, positive, and ready to solve problems. Then the day starts doing what days do. A parent concern pops up. A staff issue needs attention. A schedule falls apart. A student situation escalates. An email arrives with the emotional warmth of a flat tire. By the time you get...
24 days ago • 3 min read
05.13.2026 IGNITE Where Dr. Tom Webb sparks your curiosity and inspires action! Reader here is a tip to find joy in your work, My professional career started 25 years ago. But my daily work started 38 years ago when I delivered newspapers six days per week every afternoon. I was 9 years old, hauling papers around town like a tiny logistics manager with bad handwriting and questionable bike safety. Since then, I’ve had great days when I loved my job. I’ve also had days like yesterday. Wild....
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
05.06.2026 IGNITE Where Dr. Tom Webb sparks your curiosity and inspires action! Reader, Back in February, I bought a limo. Yes, you read that correctly. A 30-foot DeBryan Stretch Limousine now sits proudly in my back driveway like the official mascot of questionable decisions and unforgettable memories. But I didn’t buy it to impress anyone. I bought it as a tool. A tool to bring family and friends together. A tool to create moments. A tool to make memories that don’t just show up on a...
about 1 month ago • 5 min read
04.29.2026 IGNITE Where Dr. Tom Webb sparks your curiosity and inspires action! Reader, In a world that changes fast, the best teams are not always the smartest or most talented. They are the ones that learn the fastest. Ron Friedman’s recent Harvard Business Review article makes that point clear: superteams keep improving because growth is built into the way they work, not saved for a retreat, a training day, or a crisis. A few takeaways that stood out to me: + Run more experiments....
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
04.22.2026 IGNITE Where Dr. Tom Webb sparks your curiosity and inspires action! Picture this Reader, This past weekend, my wife Kelly headed to Chicago for a birthday party that deserves a spot in the hall of fame. Her high school friend Kim decided to celebrate in a big way. Over the years, Kim has lived in different cities, built friendships across the country, and created connection circles that stretched far beyond where it all began. For her birthday, she invited everyone back to Chicago...
about 2 months ago • 2 min read
04.15.2026 IGNITE Where Dr. Tom Webb sparks your curiosity and inspires action! Reader, As leaders, we are often like first responders rushing to the scene of an emergency. A problem erupts. Somebody needs help. Something is off track. Emotions are high. The pressure is on. So we do what leaders do. We triage the situation, take decisive action, and work to stabilize the moment. Then we hope future incidents can be prevented through awareness, training, and better habits. But this week, I...
about 2 months ago • 2 min read
04.08.2026 IGNITE Where Dr. Tom Webb sparks your curiosity and inspires action! Yo Reader, This past Monday, my family and I headed to St. Louis to make the most of a day off. As we drove toward my daughter’s favorite shopping area, we passed a gym called House of Pain. Now let me be fair. I know absolutely nothing about the business. It may be the best gym in the state. Maybe the trainers are tremendous, the equipment is elite, and the smoothies are life-changing. I’m only using the name as...
2 months ago • 4 min read