August 11, 2021
Tragedy reminds us to revisit our purpose. When we are aligned on the compass point of purpose, we can also focus better.
July 11, 2021
I am pleased announce that my book chapter on teams applying awareness practices is published. Case studies from 9 organizations are included.
February 1, 2021
We invite you and your entire organization to join the Canadian National Day of Unplugging, March 5-6, 2021. Unplug for 24 hours from 6pm EST Friday […]
December 8, 2020
A recent article in The New Yorker Magazine reveals new ideas on how to improve knowledge worker productivity. I agree that a more organization-driven approach is […]
December 1, 2020
“CoronaVirus ended the screen time debate. Screens won,” Nellie Bowles, New York Times. In Lockdown Again It is the end of November 2020 and many of […]
November 24, 2020
Attention Leaders If you lead a team or an organization, please pay attention to the film, The Social Dilemma (on Netflix). Why? People you work with […]
November 16, 2020
In the previous November 2020 insights, you read about why focus and attention are important in the 21st century and about the link between focus and […]
November 13, 2020
Most of us have Difficulty Focusing Do you feel reactive and distracted? Does everything seem like it is top priority? Do you have the nagging feeling […]
November 10, 2020
We live in a world of overwhelm, digital and otherwise. In this pandemic, we are all facing fatigue, bad news bombardment, and lockdown lows. There is […]
October 29, 2020
The Conscious Organizations virtual conference, October 28-30, 2020, hosts 17 global thought leaders with ideas and methods for creating a conscious organization. I am honored and […]
October 7, 2020
What is Horasis? Horasis is a global visions community dedicated to inspiring our future. Pre-covid, events designed to foster cross sector and cross country dialogue were […]
September 1, 2020
Leading with Attention In August 2020 I had the opportunity to deliver an interactive virtual workshop for Dr. Anita Nowak’s Leadership class at McGill University in […]
June 19, 2020
Virtual Meeting Overwhelm We are all experiencing more virtual meetings than ever before. If we weren’t aware of too much screen time before COVID, we are […]
April 1, 2020
Most of us are working from home these days. I am in week four! I read a lot about the opportunity to slow down during this […]
October 18, 2019
In July 2018, I had the privilege of facilitating a diverse stakeholder group in Dublin. The Disability Federation of Ireland (DFI) hosted the workshop. DFI was […]
September 18, 2019
ET Group’s 2019 Societal Transformation Lab This is the story of ET Group’s (ETG) journey through the Societal Transformation Lab (s-lab). ETG is a Toronto-based collaboration […]
September 16, 2019
This is part of a series on Social Presencing. Find other posts here: June 11, 2019 post, Social Presencing – A Practice for Tapping into Collective […]
August 28, 2019
This is part of a series on Social Presencing. Find other posts here: June 11, 2019 post, Social Presencing – A Practice for Tapping into Collective […]
August 20, 2019
You are invited to listen to part 2 of a conversation about Theory U via my interview on The Business Caring Formula podcast. Podcast host, Emma […]
July 16, 2019
You are invited to listen to a conversation about Theory U via my interview on The Business Caring Formula podcast hosted by Emma Arakelyan. This is […]
July 12, 2019
Creating an Inclusive Workplace For Aging Women to Thrive For women age 50+ full participation in paid, meaningful and innovative work can be a challenge. The […]
July 8, 2019
Collaboration, a Declaration & a Problem True North is an annual tech conference held in Kitchener – Waterloo. This is a Canadian technology corridor that is […]
July 3, 2019
This is a continuation of the June 11, 2019 post, Social Presencing – A Practice for Tapping into Collective Wisdom and June 18, 2019 post Why […]
June 25, 2019
GrantBook, a Toronto based Benefit Corporation, helps philanthropic foundations embrace technology to improve grantmaking. In 2018, one of the Directors was facing the challenge of envisioning […]
June 18, 2019
This is a continuation of the June 11, 2019 post, Social Presencing – A Practice for Tapping into Collective Wisdom. Why might organizations utilize Social Presencing? […]
June 14, 2019
The Group Stuck is a mindful group embodiment and sensing exercise which makes visible the current reality and emerging future of an individual challenge. It is […]
June 11, 2019
Social Presencing (SP) is a sensing and embodiment practice whereby members of a group embody (i.e. give a concrete form to; represent or exemplify within the […]
April 14, 2019
Four Months. 300+ Teams. One Transformation Lab. In this second post about ET Group’s journey through MIT’s Presencing Institute Societal Transformation Lab (s-lab), a new Theory […]
March 15, 2019
Four Months. 300+ Teams. One Transformation Lab. This is the first in a series of writings on ET Group’s (ETG) journey through MIT*’s Presencing Institute hosted […]