Category: Consciousness

On Personal Change

As a coach and con­sul­tant, I often find myself help­ing clients with changes they would like to see them­selves make. It is quite nat­ur­al for the client, after quick­ly iden­ti­fy­ing what the change is about, to rush imme­di­ate­ly to the next ques­tion: “How do I do this?” Yet, truth be told, the empha­sis can be… Con­tin­ue read­ing On Per­son­al Change

Breaking Patterns

My very smart wife, Car­men, notic­ing my rest­less­ness, gave me an assign­ment: “Go pho­to­graph a still life using light from a win­dow.” While she worked in her office, I rum­maged around the kitchen look­ing for items, chastis­ing myself. “I should be work­ing,” I thought. “I should be writ­ing. I should be mak­ing calls and send­ing… Con­tin­ue read­ing Break­ing Patterns

The Side Effects of Hierarchy and Other Perils

A few days ago, in a con­ver­sa­tion with Amy Edmond­son of the Har­vard Busi­ness School, she sage­ly shared with me how hier­ar­chy “does not intend” its neg­a­tive side effects. She was speak­ing specif­i­cal­ly of ingrained dynam­ics that cause peo­ple to seek approval and avoid rock­ing the boat rather than ask­ing for help and speak­ing up… Con­tin­ue read­ing The Side Effects of Hier­ar­chy and Oth­er Perils