“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”My friend Alex Hagan is fun and quirky and brilliant. I wish we lived closer together. And today, I would rather you read what he’s writing than what I’m writing. Here are a few nuggets from a recent post of his:
“A scenario isn’t a prediction, but rather a plausible piece of fiction…[and] even a plausible fiction about the future can profoundly shape your choices right here and right now.”
Continue reading “My Imagination Pit Crew”When I was in tenth grade, I attended a leadership camp where we played a game called “Win As Much As You Can.” I love games, and I still remember this one because it had a punchline (spoiler alert): the meaning of “you” was ambiguous — was it intended to be understood as plural or singular? Your interpretation would affect how you played the game and what you understood as a win.
Continue reading “Know the Game You’re Playing”Our imagination is fed by our memory.
Seems counterintuitive, doesn’t it. Our imagination pulls us toward a new future, but it’s anchored in our past.
It’s very hard for us to imagine something of which we have never seen any of the component parts. We can put them together in novel ways, but if we are working from a limited library of images in the first place, our ability to be creative is stifled.
Continue reading “Memories Fuel Imagination”As I write this piece, I am grateful to be in Madrid, at the start of our annual face-to-face Board meeting for the International Association of Facilitators.
When we talk to our members, the three things they identify as seeking from this Association are professional credibility, professional community and satisfying their professional curiosity. These align with what I too appreciate from being involved.
Continue reading “Upping our Game Together”
