Last week a small community hockey team in Neepawa, Manitoba, made the national news when a young man courageously reported incidents of hazing against himself and his seven rookie team members. For those of you who have not experienced hazing,…
After 10 months of growing Right to Joy as an online enterprise and reversing an 80:20 ratio from consulting:writing to writing:consulting, I feel as though we are turning a corner. All our recent clients first connected with the web site…
Whether you are on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Bebo, Qzone or any of the hundred other social networks, the boundaries between our personal and professional lives are blurring. The ability to meet core human developmental needs such as connecting, collaborating and…
Everywhere we see signs of abundance (plenty) — homes, gardens, beauty, health, wealth and laughter. And everywhere we see signs of scarcity — homelessness, pollution, violence, poverty, greed and depression. I would go so far as to say both exist…
Paradox … some ‘thing’ that is constructed by individuals when oppositional tendencies are brought into recognizable proximity through reflections or interaction. Ford & Backoff Paradoxes or contradictions emerge when our beliefs or assumptions fail to keep up with external…
Today, I am content to make playful choices rather than strive to achieve the several goals I set for myself on a regular basis. Yesterday, my contentment with the process of relaxing, releasing, receiving and then acting was less apparent…
This is a three-part blog, click here to read Part I and Part II. The synergy of changing values and economic necessity is transforming capitalism. Patricia Aburdene, Megatrends 2010 When American futurist, Patricia Aburdene, wrote the above passage, she was…
I find the various disciplines that study human behaviour (anthropology, philosophy, psychology, sociology) intriguing. Even as a child, although I wanted to be an astronaut or a doctor, it was really my curiosity about the inner workings or core essence…
This is a three-part blog, click here to read Part I and Part III. In my July 2011 blog, Emerging Organization Designs – Part I: Models of Form I wrote about strategy shaping organizational design. Jay Galbraith (1995) furthers understanding…
An untapped power resides within each of us. It responds to the call of writing. When I wrote those words, I was referring to the profound ability within each of us to express our truth, transform our experience and discover…
As a dedicated blogger, I am particularly interested in the shift we experienced this summer within social media networks. From a personal perspective, I found myself filtering out at least 50% of what I typically participated in on a daily…
Meditation allows our authentic self — our inner hero — to surface and safely guide us through the self-doubts and worries forming our “dark nights of the soul.” The courage required for these heroic acts is simply to sit with…
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