Doubt is the origin of wisdom
RENE DESCARTES
Doubting our own assumptions and thought patterns is a great place to start any pursuit of wise, humane leadership.
In all affairs, it’s a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted.
BERTRAND RUSSELL
Curiosity is the key to:
If we are lucky enough to move beyond our basic needs for safety and belonging, we can begin the process of earning the esteem of ourselves and others. A few lucky souls even get to move toward self actualization in Maslow’s model.
But, for many, leadership opportunities look like nurturing their own and other’s creative self emergence. Continue reading Creative Self Emergence and Rilke’s Poetry
I was scared and the team was concerned. I stood in front of fifty expectant and dubious faces–the newly combined sales and order processing team. Within a few months, we had to:
I knew the physics of change: to every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. The more we tried to do the greater the resistance from the team and the organization would be. I started up my PowerPoint and hoped my unorthodox approach worked. Continue reading Leading With Operating Metaphors
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I was not in a flow state, I was eating lunch; chewing and staring at a few words about flow I’d jotted on paper. Chewing, chewing, waiting for inspiration.
Which would be more engaging; an article on the concept of flow or one on a method to attain flow? Could I write this post as a dialogue? Could I link the method and the content that emerged from the flow state? Continue reading Flow: A Curious Method and An Explanation
