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TWQ: The Meaning of Life (at Work)
[This is part of a series of harvests from the Thrivable World Quest, a learning adventure across multiple cities to explore how organizations must be if life is to thrive.]In our most recent...
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Cultivating Homefulness
"Placemaking" was the official topic of the week-long retreat that has just come to a gentle close. But the phrase has never felt quite right. Volker Hann, the host of 5-acre Wasan Island where we...
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June 2, 2014On Wasan Island, a few days into a week-long exploration of the Soul of Place. Already so full of richness... trust and connection.... heightened awareness of what’s possible and what’s...
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Software to Save Humanity (But Not How You Might Expect)
I’ve just had a remarkable experience. For the first time, I presented at a business conference where all the other speakers were saying nearly the same thing that I was. Each in our own way, we all...
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Generative Journalism
I’m at the end of three head-spinningly rich days with Peter Pula, the founder and CEO of Axiom News. We’ve been exploring what he and his team mean by “generative journalism” and what more it might...
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Mission Questions not Mission Statements
What if companies had mission questions instead of mission statements? How much more engaging and inviting would this be than the typical bland pronouncements about “being number one” or “being the...
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This is a story in two parts: the first a few years ago involving a beautiful client organization; the second yesterday involving a convicted felon (also beautiful, it turns out); both related to the...
View ArticleA City of Two Tales
Three suitcases. Two stuffed animals. A bag full of typically Canadian gifts. And we were off!read more
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Nothing is worth more than this day
Nothing is worth more than this day. So says the wall in front of me. Years ago, I posted those words as a constant reminder to myself. But, of course, at some point, they fade into the background,...
View ArticleWhat Rituals for Modern Times?
It was a year ago, during a week-long island retreat, that I strongly felt the connection between ritual and reverence and the vital need for both in every context of our lives. For over a decade, my...
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