Posts from the ‘21st Century Leadership’ Category

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  There is always more to the story than meets the eye ~

  February 4th, 2020 | 21st Century Leadership, Both/And Thinking, Conversational Leadership, Impermanence, Transformation | admin | Comments Off on There is always more to the story than meets the eye ~

  The Winter Woods  by Parker  Palmer The winter woods beside a solemn river are twice seen— once as they pierce the brittle air, once as they dance in grace beneath the stream. In air these trees stand rough and raw, branch angular in stark design— in water shimmer constantly, disconnect as in a dream, shadowy but more […]

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  “Every day when I awake I am torn between saving the world and savoring it…”

  May 26th, 2015 | 21st Century Leadership, Both/And Thinking, Conversational Leadership, Conversational Planning, discovery, Innovation (possibility thinking, The Universe is Friendly, Wholehearted | admin | Comments Off on “Every day when I awake I am torn between saving the world and savoring it…”

  As we stand at the gateway, a summer stretching out in front of us, this quote is particularly meaningful to me.   Full quote:  “Everyday when I awake, I am torn between saving the world and savoring it.  It makes it hard to plan the day.” And that reminds me of another poem by David Whyte What […]

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  Rejection is protection!

  November 3rd, 2014 | 21st Century Leadership, design thinking, Strategic Mind/Ego, Transformation, Wonder | admin | Comments Off on Rejection is protection!

  What? Rejection is protection! How can that be?   This is a saying in 12-step programs.  When someone rejects you, or your proposal, it is actually a sort of “whew…dodged that bullet!” because even though you wanted “it” or wanted a relationship with this person, your IDEA of what you would actually receive in the bargain […]

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  “There’s that feeling you get when you see something that you don’t understand…”

  September 4th, 2014 | 21st Century Leadership, Coming Alive, design thinking, discovery, Innovation (possibility thinking, Transformation, Wonder | admin | Comments Off on “There’s that feeling you get when you see something that you don’t understand…”

  “There’s that feeling you get when you see something that you don’t understand the origin of … wonderment.” The Brooklyn artist Swoon was quoted as saying this in the New York Times and when I read it so many things came together for me. Why adults and adolescents love small children. Why it can be […]

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  Are you in the “real” conversation?

  July 13th, 2014 | 21st Century Leadership, Both/And Thinking, Energy, Passion, Vitality, Real Conversations, Strategic Mind/Ego, Wholehearted | admin | Comments Off on Are you in the “real” conversation?

  This is truly the 64,000 question.  Most of us engage the conversation we know how to have but often that is not the “real” conversation.  The conversation that you don’t know how to have, is typically a “real” conversation, it’s  the conversation you MUST have to move forward.   Other questions that are related to […]

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