We live in a task-, project-, and objective-based society. How do we bridge that gap between the tasks that rule our lives, and what we really care about? Living our lives from the world of what we truly care about, connected with our commitments, actions, satisfaction, and shared background constitutes the world of the Managed Action […]
Where Do You Stop?
Tell a Good Story
For the past several days there have been two girls selling lemon at the top of the street where I live. they have colorful signs and decorations, and from 500 yards away one can see them energetically bouncing around for attention and the hope of making a sale. Tonight as I came home from work, […]
Angles Within Us
In the movies City of Angels, and Wings of Desire, people going about their lives were often caught up in negative self-talk. The angles, who would hear all this but could not be seen by people, would occasionally come close to a person engaged with their frustrations, anxieties, or fears and the angel would touch […]
The Quest for “Healthy” Organizations
Whether we do it consciously or not, all of us pay attention to the health of our environments, especially the organizations where we work. Depending on one’s role within an organization, our assessment may range from a casual gut-check of what it feels like to work there to a detailed set of Key Performance Indicators […]