How can we strengthen our movement toward bringing active hope into our lives? The journey from being hopeless to having passive hope, and then finding active hope depends on two things: The ability to see the present reality of your community/organization and imagine...
As I was traveling to the North Shore of Lake Superior, I came across some ground fog. Ground fog is created when the damp ground cools adjacent air causing the air temperature to fall and reach the dew point. This fog lies close to the ground and can create difficult...
There seem to be new rules emerging every day surrounding how the world works due to impacts from COVID-19, climate change, and other factors. These disruptive dynamics are causing a cascading impact not only on nature but on our daily lives. Cascading disruptions...
I was intrigued by a 2018 Harvard Business Review blog by Rasmus Hougaard, Jacqueline Carter, and Vince Brewerton. Entitled Why do so many managers forget they’re human beings? the blog included a quote by Javier Pladevall, CEO of Volkswagen Audi Retail in Spain who...
I revisited these two quotes that are attributed to Michelangelo recently. He said: I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free. Every block of stone has a statue inside it, and it is the task of the sculptor to discover it. My mind went to the...
