“Being neighbourly used to involve bringing cookies to someone going through a hard time. Now it’s averting your eyes and not acknowledging what you heard last night through the wall.”
Continue reading “Social Rings of Saturn”The Service of a Second Question
“Asking follow-up questions is a lifechanging act of service.”
~Kelly Corrigan
In the coming weeks, I plan to highlight insights that have stayed with me from the Aspen Ideas Festival that kicked off my summer.
Continue reading “The Service of a Second Question”What I Learned on my Summer Vacation
I am typing this post in the Denver Airport, on my way home from the Aspen Ideas Festival. I’ve had three remarkable days that have supplied me with enough fodder to fill this blog for months. It was like attending the intellectual Oscars, while also feeling like a bit of a spy.
Continue reading “What I Learned on my Summer Vacation”Strategy Sightings, Episode Four
Many of you will know that I am on a mission to avoid oblivious facilitation (or coaching, or leading or…). I have not found a word that means precisely the opposite of “oblivious” — I’d always rather be for something than against it — but for now, I’m anti-obliviousness.
I therefore can’t ignore that I am writing this post during an incredibly uncertain and destabilizing time in global affairs, and it seems oblivious of me not to acknowledge it. So, for this final installment of “Strategy Sightings” (for now), with some reluctance, I’m diving right in.
Continue reading “Strategy Sightings, Episode Four”Strategy Sightings, Episode Three
Today’s “strategy sighting” is based on a photo. It’s not the best of photos, but it represents the best of times. It was taken on my dock at my cottage last summer, during a strategy development session with colleagues from three countries, all involved in Thought Leaders Business School. We took time to dive deep into our individual practices, out loud, and benefited from the wisdom of others to set them on an even better course.
Continue reading “Strategy Sightings, Episode Three”