It is said that there are a number of kinds of trust in business settings. There’s trust in another’s competence, for example, and trust in another’s fundamental reliability, integrity or consistency. In business settings seeing how these different kinds of trust interact is vital. But none of these forms is more important or complicated than… Continue reading Achievement and Trust Are Not the Same
Category: Self-Knowledge
Little Behavior, Big Impact
I’m always amazed at how we make meaning out of others’ behaviors — even, and maybe especially, the little stuff. I worked with a manager once who had a bad habit of not completing email threads. You know, that last confirming “Thanks, I’ll see you then,” or “Okay, I’ve got the document. I’ll take a look… Continue reading Little Behavior, Big Impact
Demons and Angels
In a world of proffered quick fixes — do these four things, take on these five steps — all honor goes to the leader who ignores superficial wisdom and takes on the real task, the inner demon, the one that has been there all along. This demon, of course, is some aspect of self, and we… Continue reading Demons and Angels
Where I Am Folded, There I Am a Lie
The poem from which the title of this post and epigraph lines were excerpted is a Bly translation that begins, “I am too alone in the world, and not alone enough/ to make every minute holy.” I like the epigraph, of course, because it highlights the theme of this entire weblog: that we unfold and… Continue reading Where I Am Folded, There I Am a Lie