I and Thou and Unity of Being

I and Thou and Unity of Being

I was reminded of Martin Buber’s “I and Thou” last week when I was visiting the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis. (“I and Thou” was originally called “Ich und Du”, published in 1923,modern translation here ) Martin Luther King, Jr references Buber in his Letter From Birmingham Jail, written April 16, 1963: “Segregation, to use the terminology of the Jewish […]

Designing a Gathering

Designing a Gathering

I am working with Lennie Rose from Big Ooga who shared with me a compelling story of her vision for the future. Inspired by her vision, I chose to connect with her tribe and create a weave for her next gathering. This is a community of accomplished entrepreneurs and small business owners focused on lifting each […]

8 great questions from The Soul Purpose

Describe your leadership journey and how you got to “here” What significant challenges have you experienced in this journey and how did you deal with those challenges? What are your core values in life?  What’s most important to you? If you were to give your child advice for living in one word, what word would you […]

Some Ideas for Your Weave

First: what kind of weave do you want to create? A weave can be used show any group of people. Think of who you are going to share your weave with and what would make it interesting for them. Here are some ways weaves have been used successfully. Event Weaves Here you send all participants attending […]

Why create a weave?

… because the people in our lives are amazing! and we sometimes forget that and we often miss the opportunity to really connect and we yearn for connection I am amazed by the people in my life, the people I meet, the ancient teachers, the lasting friends, the person I met today for the first time, […]

A Leadership Model for Change

A Leadership Model for Change

This model can lead to some great conversations by shifting leader’s attention from actions and structure to identity and tone, the inner two aspects of the flame model. Several companies have spent large sums of money bringing in consulting companies to address process improvements, only to discover after years have past and millions of dollars […]