Tag: dialogue

Force Is Not Our Way — Choose Deep Collaboration not Command and Control

Alas, once again a militaristic, command and control style of governance is prevailing over Indigenous and Canadian relations.  Early Monday morning, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) arrested demonstrators at the rail blockade in Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory, near Belleville, Ontario. The…

Helen Maupin

Gatekeepers for Dialogue — Truth, Kindness, Necessity

(Hyde Park Gate image by Phil Bird) During the elevated emotional and verbal vitriol of the American mid-term elections, this Arabian proverb came to mind — The words of the tongue should have three gatekeepers: Is it TRUE?       …

Helen Maupin

Designing for Radical Transformation

wiangya / FreeDigitalPhotos.net What do you see as the greatest source of uncertainty in today’s world? Certainly, driving forces such as digitization, globalization and individuation top most lists as contributors to increased volatility and complexity.  However, at the root of…