Monthly Archives: June 2007

Tallberg Forum – Track 3 Employment/Entrepreneurship

Today we began Track 3 at Tallberg. It’s moderated by Mary Catherine Bateson, Charles Leadbeater. Charles Handy, Geoff Mulgan, Bill Drayton, Poonam Aluwalia and I spoke today. I told my story from Prague and then talked about the path to … Continue reading

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Tallberg Forum – Tools

instead of the standard check-in try this: write as fast as you can without thinking everything that is on your mind as you arrive here…and encourage people for a few minutes. then, stand up and read your writing out loud … Continue reading

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Tallberg Forum – AHA

Well, I realized today as we mapped out the oscillation between i and the world (with team, organization, company) in between that….that holding both the world view and the ‘i’ view is key to my success and is my ‘natural’ … Continue reading

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Tallberg Forum NLP Day Two Reflections

Things that came up for me, quotes, comments, reflections, follow-up, readings: charles handy – the new alchemists My moment of truth: Prague. Getting the tanks out of our head. Kayaking with Richard when we went 2x as far as we’d … Continue reading

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Tallberg Forum – NLP Day Two

Today we did our still life portraits. Elizabeth Handy is the catalyst for this activity. We each brought 5 things together, told a story and had a picture taken of them then went into groups and shared. Fascinating. I’ll add … Continue reading

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UNU Water Conference – hamilton, ont, canada

Spoke at a conference on Water today in Hamilton. I presented on youth engagement strategies for our waterengage project. There was a wonderful collection of people from around the world working on a lot of incredible research and action research. … Continue reading

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Leadership for What

“will you recognize your soul in the dark” ..this was a question John Ameche was asked by his mother… what a great question. it led him to realize over time that knowing yourself is a key to success. “extraordinary is … Continue reading

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your contribution…

“the only way i can fight back is by doing what i’m talented at” – jon stewart on bill moyers This has been a real theme for me lately. I find that we are moving to this place where you … Continue reading

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Working From Your Strengths

Have you ever had a performance evaluation where someone says, hey, you know what you are great at these things, congratulations! but, these other things, ya, you’re not so great at them. we need you to work on those skills. … Continue reading

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Ari Yaratne – Wisdom for the Ages

Ari Yaratne, the ‘Gandhi’ of Sri Lanka: Greed is so well organized that we call it economic prosperity Ill will is so well organized that we call it defense and we make weapons and war Ignorance is so well organized … Continue reading

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