Archive for the 'Art of Change' Category

“Nature is an unlimited broadcasting station, through which God speaks to us every hour, if we only will tune in.” George Washington Carver
Practice #3: Inner Knowing
Consult and listen to your inner wisdom before making each and every decision—large and small.
May you remember to remember so many times today, that you dwell in a [...]


“The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift.” Albert Einstein
Practice #3 Inner Knowing: Consult and listen to your inner wisdom before making each and every [...]


“Every person in this life has something to teach me — and as soon as I accept that, I open myself to truly listening.” – Catherine Doucette
“Generative listening is the art of developing deeper silences in yourself, so you can slow our mind’s hearing to your ears’ natural speed, and hear beneath the words [...]


And for the next two days, let’s return to the practice that is the favorite of those who get to be with you:
How do I listen to others?
As if everyone were my most revered Teacher
Speaking to me
His (her) cherished last words.
- Hafiz
Practice #2: With each and every person with whom you speak, bring the deepest [...]


As healers (broadly defined), we want to be mindful of the opening lines of Hippocratic Oath taken by physicians which begins: “Above all do no harm.” Engaging in any kind of change work: helping, healing, giving feedback, etc. is an intrusion of our energy into someone else’s energy field. A wise and revered [...]


“There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening, that is translated through you into action.
And because there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique.
If you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and will be lost.
The world will not have it.
It is not [...]


Only free men (and women) can negotiate; prisoners cannot enter into contracts.
- Nelson Mandela
We examined in Session I how our work as change agents always takes place within a context of power relationships. These differences in power have profound implications for the nature of our workand for the process of contracting. Let’s begin by quickly [...]


To create change in organizations, we want to work with all three major components of the Wheel of Change [Wheel of Change for Organizations]:
1. perceptions-emotions-beliefs, which we call Inner Work
2. behavior, which we call Behavior Change
3. external “reality”, which we call, Outer Work
Inner Work:

vision: working with purpose, vision and mission to energize [...]


The Wheel of Change Model [wheel-for-orgs.pdf] asks that you take into careful consideration:
1. perceptions-emotions-beliefs which we call Inner Work
Shifting the way we think and feel; the inner motivations that guide the way we behave.
2. behavior [...]


Let’s begin doing some field research today. Over the course of the day you will find yourself in a variety of different work contexts. You will be collaborating within a number of different relationships. Let’s take what we’ve been learning about contracting, and see to what degree these contexts and relationships rest upon a [...]