Adaptive Leadership
I can safely say I spent the past 30 years of my consulting career working to disrupt the traditional leadership practices of command and control. The main reason was not to suit my rebellious nature (which it did) but rather…
Continuously Learning or Sadly Surviving?
At a recent evening meal, I was surprised to hear one of the female guests say, “People don’t really change, do they?” Given the current organizational ethos — change is the only constant — along with women being the purveyors…
STS Collaboration Platform — An Emerging Social Ethos
When we picture a collaboration platform, our mind typically moves to such technology software housed on our computers as enterprise and customer/sales resource planning systems — ERPs or CRMs, SharePoint, Google Apps, GoToMeeting, etc. Many organizations implement these software tools…
Collaborative Organization Design — The Anishinaabe Way
Last week I spent two days designing with a First Nations council that represents 28 communities spread across 55,000 square miles. These grassroots representatives came together purposefully to agree on the strategies as well as design the structure, systems and processes…
Leadership’s Shifting Paradigm
No matter what our occupation or where we reside, how we currently live and work is being redefined by global trends such as: • information and communication technological advances • demographic changes in a highly educated workforce • economic shifts…
Resistance — The Path Out
Human perception (how we view the world) is dependent on what we experience in our body. The anatomy of any experience follows this sequence — first sensation, then emotion, then thought. Our personal experiences of sensation-emotion-thought are limited in that…
Self-love — The Antidote for Addictions
The head provides knowledge, but the heart offers wisdom. Consider this — there is a positive correlation between suffering and resistance. The more you resist, the more you suffer. The research is in. The more you accept what emerges in…
Self-Mastery — Are You Leading Toward or Leaving Behind?
Leadership’s evolution, within our current experience of the Innovation Age, shifts emphasis from role to responsibility. Understanding leadership, in today’s complex uncertain world, requires us to dig deeper into our fundamental principles. What was once the foreground of a leader’s…
Secret to Happiness? It’s Everywhere!
Happiness can be synthesized! Humans have a psycho- logical immune system, which helps them to change their view of the world. Dan Gilbert When we choose to experience and accept whatever crosses our path for what it is, Dan Gilbert,…
Adaptive Instincts — Forgiveness & Revenge
To understand the human potential for peace, we have to learn three simple truths about forgiveness and revenge. Michael McCullough In his article titled, The Forgiveness Instinct, Michael McCullough stresses these three truths about human behaviour: • The desire for revenge is…
Self-care — The Simple Kindness of Loving Oneself
The most powerful transformational force is a simple kindness to oneself and all that lives. Linda Durnell Our daily choices — spiritual, physical, intellectual, communal and emotional — merge into the sum total of who we are. Whether these choices…
Keys to Growth — Accept Pain, Eliminate Suffering
Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional. Buddhist proverb If we have no control over external circumstances, such as people and events, then pain is truly inevitable. Given that we cannot control what life presents, attempting to avoid painful events…