January 28, 2019 | Deliberately Developmental Organisations, Future of Business, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Integral Theory Brief Overview Integral theory is a complex model steeped in the work of many great philosophers and developementalists, including Clare Graves, Don Beck (who taught me Spiral Dynamics), Jean Gebser, Abraham Maslow, Robert Kegan, Carol Gilligan. The...
January 27, 2019 | Dare to Care-Conscious Communication, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Speak the truth Communication is fraught with difficulty, emotion, fear, and a lack of skill, and we are rarely taught how to do it well! We teach the following communication formula in our work, developing conscious communication skills as part of advanced leadership...
January 27, 2019 | Dare to Care-Conscious Communication, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Listen For What we listen for matters. Listening is a very complex art form that takes at least several lifetimes to master. It is also very different for all people based on their life experience and worldview. In an earlier article, I wrote about listening until you...
January 27, 2019 | Dare to Care-Conscious Communication, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Trusting intuition Are we hearing the truth, or are we hearing our ego speaking yet again? Intuition is available to us all day, every day. You don’t need to be an expert, enlightened, special, or ordinary. What you do need is the ability to hear and be present to...
January 27, 2019 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Sustainability, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Nourished by Solitude There is more than enough noise. The noise of screens and messages, a constant presence. The noise of the demands of life. The noise in our head. An endless stream of unedited, often disturbing and destructive monologue. To withdraw from the...
January 26, 2019 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Drama polarises a vanilla life Drama creates noise. It puts us at the centre of attention. It stops us from dealing with things we do not want to deal with. It floods our bodies with addictive hormones. That rush… Drama polarises a vanilla life. “I am so...
