In my role as an organizational well-being officer at IBSS Corporation, I was given a unique opportunity. As part-scientist, part-community builder, and part-alchemist, I was able to bring my personal and felt…
Continue Reading
In my role as an organizational well-being officer at IBSS Corporation, I was given a unique opportunity. As part-scientist, part-community builder, and part-alchemist, I was able to bring my personal and felt…
Continue ReadingLike the fast-moving cars in cities, the fast-thinking minds of children throw smiles to my lips. Building cars are complex – it takes a lot of creativity and expertise. On…
Continue ReadingThe radical potential of healthy shame… to return us to belonging This is the paradox: to reach transformation, we must let go of the aspiration for transformation. As psychologist Carl Rogers…
Continue ReadingWhen was the last time you played, did something just because it was fun and felt good? Did you finish feeling enlivened, relaxed, energized, or something similar? Leadership Learning Community…
Continue Reading“Your generosity is more important than your perfection.” Seth Godin Over the past 20 years of working with a variety of social change networks, I have observed a common dynamic…
Continue ReadingFrom decolonization to… re-indigenization? I’ve found myself increasingly interested in the promise of ‘embodiment’: the possibilities inherent in the seemingly simple act of being attuned to what our bodies are…
Continue ReadingWhen we made it back home, back over those curved roadsthat wind through the city of peace, we stopped at thedoorway of dusk as it opened to our homelands.We gave…
Continue ReadingIn the fall of 2019, a few of the founders of the Illuminate network (including CoCreative, Garfield Foundation, McConnell Foundation, and Academy for Systems Change) collaboratively hosted a gathering of…
Continue ReadingI was able to meet with the Co-Executive Directors of the Learning Leadership Community, an organization I’ve long admired for their commitment to a community-focused transformative leadership practice. This past…
Continue ReadingNetworks for Equity and Systems Change The events of the past year have made clear what many in and outside of philanthropy already knew: that equality in resource distribution is…
Continue ReadingClick here to sign up for our weekly newsletter.
Get information about new FREE materials and tips on how to implement a network approach.