When I was leaving my 30s and entering the journey through mid-life, I remember feeling great uncertainty as I pondered what my life purpose was, what brought me joy and how I would find these answers. A good friend and…
Assimilating the interconnected, volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous—iVUCA—demands of our current socio-economic environment can trigger considerable stress in our work and workplaces. The upside of these potentially more stressful experiences is we are witnessing a significant transformation in how we…
Be the change you wish to see in the world. Mahatma Gandhi When Gandhi spoke these words to the world, he was encouraging us to choose a path of wisdom as opposed to a path of fear. In his interpretation…
It is my experience that whenever I set out to change some aspect of myself, whether behaviour, belief or being, my awareness of my behaviour is just the first step in my transformation process. Although I am inspired by my…
Not so long ago, a friend struggling in his relationship with his significant other asked me “How do I know if it is time to leave a relationship or to stay?” An obvious answer to his question would be “Leave…
For decades, organizations and individuals spent most of their energy attempting to continuously improve their performance. Until the advent of Appreciative Inquiry and Positive Psychology, the process often used to bring about these improvements was to focus on what we…
In the past year, I wrote three blogs on the subject of anger — The Rage of Oppression, A Cycle of Extremes, What We Don’t Know About It — evidence alone of anger’s social and global significance. Unfortunately, as a…
Judging a person does not define who they are. It defines who you are. Are you from the school of thought that espouses non-judgment when interacting with others? If so, you likely have come to this choice because, at least…
In a recent conference call with employees from the United Food Workers (UFW) Union, I shared two case studies of STS (socio-technical systems) designing in which I was the consultant-member of the organizations’ design teams. Both of the case studies…
Five years ago, my regular dentist sent me to a gum disease specialist (periodontist) because of an open sore on my upper gum. The periodontist took x-rays and determined that deep gum pockets holding bacteria around my back molars were…
If you have any doubts regarding the intimate link between mind, body and spirit, then consider these facts: People living with a serious mental illness are at higher risk of experiencing a wide range of chronic physical conditions. Conversely, people living…
In my blog last week, EU Collaboration: No Matter What, I posed this question, “Where does global society need to collaborate and what new economic innovations do we need to co-create in order for all countries, not just Greece, to…
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