Category: Choices

Lessons in Snow

Late­ly, I’ve begun to think about the cul­ture of orga­ni­za­tions a lit­tle dif­fer­ent­ly than I used to. I once believed a medi­um or large size orga­ni­za­tion striv­ing to induce a major shift in the way things are done would have to do a great deal of ana­lyt­i­cal work, then set up and admin­is­ter rather large,… Con­tin­ue read­ing Lessons in Snow

Leadership Fault Lines

“Fault lines” are the places in rela­tion­ships and work­place cul­tures where mis­un­der­stand­ings most eas­i­ly sur­face. The term “fault” has two mean­ings here. A fault line, geo­log­i­cal­ly speak­ing, is a weak spot, a place where larg­er tec­ton­ic plates col­lide. In orga­ni­za­tions, the fault lines are often drawn between for­mal func­tions, depart­ments, or work units, between sep­a­rate… Con­tin­ue read­ing Lead­er­ship Fault Lines

Memorial Day Prayer

Until the human race fig­ures out how to stand up beyond war, some will go for the rest of us, stand­ing up for us as best they can and then lying down in peace upon the hill. Let the mem­o­ries of so many souls, so good and true,  be deeply hon­ored and remind us of how short the time… Con­tin­ue read­ing Memo­r­i­al Day Prayer

A Drop of Water

In a world fraught with con­flicts and prob­lems of all kinds, I must see and think for myself. The Bud­dhist view is that if a per­son reflects in just this thor­ough way, he or she will dis­cov­er at bot­tom that no such per­son­al self exists…a moment of Enlight­en­ment. Well, I am in no place to… Con­tin­ue read­ing A Drop of Water

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