Category: Transformation

Rejecting the Default Culture

Busi­ness cul­ture is an accre­tion of lay­ers, just like the crust of the earth. While the sur­face often rep­re­sents the cur­rent moment in his­to­ry, dig a lit­tle and you are like­ly to find some­thing less sophis­ti­cat­ed, empow­er­ing, and inclu­sive. A “default” busi­ness cul­ture — mean­ing what we revert to giv­en no oth­er input or direc­tion… Con­tin­ue read­ing Reject­ing the Default Culture

The God Who Has My Back

I have been think­ing about a phrase I used in my last post about self-trust. Sym­bol­i­cal­ly, I said, I have “a god at my back,” mean­ing sim­ply that there is an ener­gy that sup­ports me from with­in when I meet dif­fi­cult cir­cum­stances. Many peo­ple report hav­ing this sense, and know it has got­ten them through… Con­tin­ue read­ing The God Who Has My Back

Recycling

For Rosa and Dick. The oth­er day I found myself in a state of com­plaint. The reces­sion, of course, and what it has done to my busi­ness. It’s clear, adding up the can­celled work for this year that I have lost a sig­nif­i­cant amount. I wrote to a good friend, Tom, about my state of mind.… Con­tin­ue read­ing Recy­cling