Unfolding Leadership

Three Spirits

I used to muse with my friend Tom Furness, founder of the Human Interface Technology Lab, about an imaginary Virtual Reality app. The idea would be to put on a VR helmet to participate a journey of spiritual awakening. My thoughts never went very far with this idea, except to hold some vague imagery: immersion […]

December 31, 2018 – 3:39 pm | By Dan Oestreich | Posted in Reflective Leadership, Transformation | Comments (2) and Social Share

Meditation in Pátzcuaro

In late October my wife Carmen and I spent a week in the central Mexican town of Pátzcuaro, well-known as a site for Day of the Dead celebrations. We were blessed to stay with a Mexican family only a block from the central plaza in a house built over two hundred years old. By day […]

December 7, 2018 – 3:31 pm | By Dan Oestreich | Posted in Angels, Self-Knowledge | Comments (2) and Social Share

The Darkness Is Not Yet Complete

I am disappointed in our country. Focused on winning, it is in fact filled with the defeat of our democracy. I admit, because it often just seems so hopeless attempting to cross the divide, I find myself resisting political arguments and exchanges. George Lakoff’s description of the conservative moral hierarchy is enough of an explanation […]

October 16, 2018 – 12:55 pm | By Dan Oestreich | Posted in Changing the World, Grief, Love, Power, Transformation | Comments (2) and Social Share

The Tender Spot

I am designing a new leadership workshop and recently I asked a friend and colleague for some feedback about the design. As we reviewed the materials and exercises, he stopped at one point and said, “I think you are going too fast here. What you are asking people to share about themselves in this part […]