Author: Jan Höglund
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Wholehearted living
Brené Brown has defined 10 Guideposts for Wholehearted Living. These guidesposts are to cultivate: Authenticity: Letting go of what people think Self-Compassion: Letting go of perfectionism A Resilient Spirit: Letting go of numbing and powerlessness Gratitude and Joy: Letting go of scarcity and fear of the dark Intuition and Trusting Faith: Letting go of the…
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Emergence and self-organization
Life’s fundamental processes are emergence and self-organization. The following quotes are from So Far from Home: Lost and Found in Our Brave New World by Margaret Wheatley: “Life gives us a world of order for free, capable of organizing itself, not from oppressive control but from inner coherence.” “What matters is now: how we live, work…
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So far from home
I received Margaret Wheatley’s new book So Far from Home: Lost and Found in Our Brave New World yesterday. I immediately realized that this is a book which will touch me deeply. As Margaret says, “… strong responses require time and reflection.”
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The differences between discussion and dialogue
Dialogue is an approach to organisational interaction developed initially by the physicist David Bohm. The following briefly describes the differences between discussion and dialogue: Dialogue Discussion Starts with listening Starts with speaking Is about speaking with Is about speaking to Focuses on insights Focuses on differences Is collaborative Is adversarial Generates ideas Generates conflicts Encourages…
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Leadership online resources
The Leadership Resource Center at Zenger Folkman is packed with with useful articles, white papers, checklists/worksheets, case studies, and training videos. To get access you need to create an account. Access if free. The resources are divided by type and research area.
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John Buck explains sociocracy
John Buck, one of the authors of We the People: Consenting to a Deeper Democracy, explains sociocracy / dynamic governance in this video. He is interviewed by Jim Rough, the originator of the wisdom council process. Related posts: Sociocracy requires a new mindset Scrum vs. Sociocracy Sociocratic principles can be implemented in many ways Sociocracy is…
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Dialogue — Meaning moving through
Dialogue comes from the Greek “logos” (word, meaning), and “dia” (through), and can literally be translated as “meaning moving through.”
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“Best practices” are behavioral design patterns
A friend of mine sees “best practices” as behavioral design patterns. He says that “you need at least to figure out how to apply it, normally also to tweak it.” They can be used for inspiration or as a starting point but, as he says, “they don’t free you from your own responsibility and, ……
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Interesting blogs
Here’s a list of some of my favorite blogs: The Intentional Workplace by Louise Altman, Twitter: @intentionalcomm Transforming Work One Conversation at a Time gonna.grow.wings by David Holzmer, Twitter: @DavidHolzmer Leadership | Innovation | Emergence | Empathy Decoding the challenges & mystery of Leadership as a web of complexity, relationality and human development quantum shifting…
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The grand will
Martin Buber gives in his book I and Thou an account of the movement that is involved in accessing one’s grand will: “The free man is he who wills without arbitrary self will. He believes in destiny, and believes that it stands in need of him. It does not keep him in leading strings,…