The Ecology of Personal Growth

The idea of ecol­o­gy is that we are part of a con­stant­ly inter­con­nect­ed liv­ing sys­tem. As indi­vid­u­als, we evolve and trans­form togeth­er. Yet we do com­mon­ly believe in our iso­la­tion, in lives unique­ly sep­a­rate from all oth­ers. We have our own thoughts and feel­ings, our own iden­ti­ties — or at least we think and feel… Con­tin­ue read­ing The Ecol­o­gy of Per­son­al Growth

Leading Change in a VUCA World

I’ve been think­ing a lot late­ly about the nature of what it takes to cre­ate and respond to mean­ing­ful change these days. Yes­ter­day, I brain­stormed the fol­low­ing after read­ing an arti­cle by John Kot­ter, one of the most respect­ed cul­ture change experts. How would you mod­i­fy what I’ve writ­ten? What would you add? In a VUCA… Con­tin­ue read­ing Lead­ing Change in a VUCA World

Repair of the Soul

For a num­ber of years I co-facil­i­­tat­ed a lead­er­ship work­shop in Jack­son Hole, Wyoming. One day wan­der­ing through that small town, one of my facil­i­ta­tor col­leagues found some t‑shirts for the three of us. On the front they were embla­zoned with the words, “Soul Repair” and “Reju­ve­na­tion of Spir­it” writ­ten in large let­ters above and… Con­tin­ue read­ing Repair of the Soul