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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
Emotions and beliefs drive our behaviour. When we act out of love, we create loving positive outcomes. When we act out of pain, we create painfully negative, fear-filled outcomes. As a human global culture, we all have a secret negative…
Happy Birthday to all you “glorious and free” Canadians. This blog is not a beer commercial and I am not a beer drinker, but Molson’s is celebrating Canada’s birthday in a uniquely joyful way. When we can put a smile…
Tween-to-teen, high school graduation and mid-life are all times of significant transition in every day living. In each of these times we leave the old and familiar to venture out into the new and unknown. Why? Because the old and…
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