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We are passionate about empowering individuals and organizations to achieve their full potential. Our Take offers practical strategies and inspiring stories on topics like leadership, personal development, and organizational effectiveness.

July 17, 2025

Deb Yamanaka

To every thing there is a season.

July 4, 2025

Deb Yamanaka

Some things are just worth fighting for

February 14, 2025

Deb Yamanaka

Pre-AetherForge Blogs

Excel’s Little “Secret”

February 3, 2025

Deb Yamanaka

Competing with Myself

November 16, 2024

Deb Yamanaka

Youth with Technology and Innovation = Our future Excel Technologies’ Role in STEM Camp June 2024

September 9, 2024

Part 3 of 3 – Interview with Excel CEO Deb Yamanaka on STEM Camp

June 3, 2024

Part 2 of 3 – Interview with Excel CEO Deb Yamanaka on STEM Camp

May 20, 2024

Q&A Interview – Excel CEO Q&A Interview-Excel CEO FS STEM Camp with Idaho State University June 10-14, 2024

May 5, 2024

You Are Not the Person You Were Yesterday

April 18, 2024

Deb Yamanaka

Backhanded Compliments

March 20, 2024

Deb Yamanaka

March 7, 2024

Deb Yamanaka

Fashion Forward and the Heels that Bit Me

February 12, 2024

Deb Yamanaka

Fearlessness as an Act of Defiance (the Eagle/Mouse poster)

January 28, 2024

Deb Yamanaka

Eighty-Five Pounds of Honesty (A Demanding Reason to Keep Breathing)

January 9, 2024

Deb Yamanaka

He Dreamed It, So He Built It

January 2, 2024

Deb Yamanaka

Dreaming in Future – What Star Trek Warned Us About Artificial Intelligence

December 1, 2023

Deb Yamanaka

What Drives This CEO

August 3, 2021

Deb Yamanka

Katherine Johnson

February 12, 2020

Deb Yamanaka

Bourbon and Swords

January 30, 2020

Deb Yamanaka

Deb Yamanaka Couch Talk – 2

January 30, 2020

Deb Yamanaka

November 8, 2019

Jim Dieterle

Leading Forward

August 16, 2017

Deb Yamanaka

Casey and the Constitution

February 1, 2017

Deb Yamanaka

Spock and the Furniture Catalog

July 8, 2016

Deb Yamanaka

May 21, 2016

Deb Yamanaka