
The quotation above is from Otto Scharmer, the originator of Theory U - I am finding myself using it all the time. (OK, ‘all the time’ is an exaggeration, that would be silly, I’m finding myself using it a lot)
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ALIA Europe took place from January 10 to 16 2010 at Mennorode in the Netherlands and I am so humble and appreciative to be able to say that I was part of the hosting team.
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There are so many styles of leadership, so many great resources and so many perspectives to come from.
If you want a treat and have 45 minutes to spare, then settle down and watch the video on the link below.
Tim \’Mac\’ Macartney at Climate Change Champion event - Dublin 27/11/09
‘Mac’ was our keynote speaker at a networking event sponsored by the British Council for young (ish) people from across Europe working on ambitious projects in relation to climate change. Many commented that it was as good a speech as they had ever heard.
(Mac is founder and Director of Programmes at Embercombe - www.embercombe.co.uk)
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The biggest divide I constantly experience is between people who are still playing the ‘old game’ and working harder and harder for their share of the cake and people who are willing to engage in the deep work and know that ‘new cake’ is going to taste quite different
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A couple of pieces of work lately have led me to having to produce something brief about how being a ’sustainability change agent’ may differ from doing other change work …
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Things are getting exciting in so many ways. So much positive going on in the world. So many signs of possible breakthroughs.
‘Integral life practice’ is one of the cutting edges and ‘The Change Exploratory’ is absolutely delighted to be part of co-promoting the visit to Dublin of one of the very leading figures of the Integral world.
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In Ireland today the media is full of conversations about how to save €5 billion or so of public spending, except of course they are not really conversations at all …
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Most of us will know more about the story of Humpty Dumpty than we do about the story of Spiral Dynamics …
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We are at a pivotal time - we can get stuck in the doom and the gloom or we can learn to work together better and start to open up the cracks of possibility ….
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What follows below is quite simply brilliant ! - for me it addresses the question ‘what does it mean to be a human being alive at this moment in history ?’
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