the power of intimacy

The Power of Intimacy

Kel HahnUniversity of Kentucky

“I get no greater satisfaction in this job than promoting good

people doing good research and good students becoming good engineers—and watching more recognition and opportunities

come to them as a result.

This requires me to be intimate with my work.”

Doing work that honors others

produces a lasting ROI

“I get no greater satisfaction in this job than promoting good

people doing good research and good students becoming good engineers—and watching more recognition and opportunities

come to them as a result.

This requires me to be intimate with my work.”

“Intimacy is at the heart of competence. It has to do with understanding, with believing, and with practice. It has to do with the relationship to one’s

work,”

– Max De Pree

Intimacy means personal

involvement and ownership in your

work.

#1: Intimacy involves

understanding.

#2: Intimacy involves believing

“Kel - Thank you. I honestly got a little emotional just now after reading your

story because it's just so wonderfully done and brings up so many fond memories for

me…thank you for using [your writing skills] to tell a small story about my life.

Please let me know if there is ever ANYTHING I can do for you because I

would jump at the opportunity.”

#3: Intimacy involves practice

Index of the mind

Our true stories have the best potential

to change perception

Kel Hahnkellyhahn@uky.edu

@bathtubhahn