Another year passed, another birthday celebrated, and another opportunity to reflect with gratitude on what has come and gone in my life. I start by counting my blessings, which far exceed the candles on my cake — a treasured community…
There is a lot of talk these days, around the online ‘water coolers,’ about the value of inspiration in both leadership and organizations. A quick reference to its definitions produces • divine influence • a sudden brilliant, creative, or timely…
The change from one identity to another is a long, slow march. Even though, on November 30, 2010, I ended my old ‘life’ and the very next day began a new one, I once again had to ask and answer…
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…
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