Posts from the ‘Conversational 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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  Creating adult-adult relationships with your children

  April 5th, 2019 | Conversational Leadership, Destiny or Become Who You Truly Are, discovery, Real Conversations, Wonder | admin | Comments Off on Creating adult-adult relationships with your children

  I received a very late b’day card … Reasons I’m happy you were born, it read.  The sender is one of my children.  The 10 reasons written made me weep. I often receive other cards from my other child, post cards from travel destinations, thank you notes, etc. Both of these remarkable human beings treat me as […]

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  Dialoguing with a Poem

  February 14th, 2019 | Become Who You Are, Both/And Thinking, Coming Alive, Conversational Leadership, Transformation, Wonder | admin | Comments Off on Dialoguing with a Poem

  Dear Readers, I am an apprentice to David Whyte’s Invitas: A Path to Conversational Leadership.  I have followed his work for nearly  25 years now.  I have learned to be in dialogue with any and everything , so too, with poems.  In fact listening to David recite and riff on a poem puts one in […]

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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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