Spaces instigate transformation. I went to graduate school with the desire to understand how adults learn in life and through my research it was remarkable to me how important space was for learning and social change. For example, during the civil rights movement, black churches were instrumental in creating change because they provided “free…
No, you don’t need to have all your ducks in a row. My clients often think they need to get all their ducks in a row before they launch a new project or program. But they don’t. You can… 1. Let the situation show you what is needed. 2. Work with whatever is available….
Not knowing is the essence of creativity. I once heard the celebrated filmmaker David Lynch interviewed on NPR’s Fresh Air. Host Terry Gross asked Lynch something about what he does when he makes a movie. Lynch responded that when he makes a movie, he “doesn’t really know” what he’s doing. This statement has always stayed…
“Not fitting in” is a good thing. It might feel painful, but it means that you’re creating something bigger. A visionary path is invisible to ordinary eyesight. We can only see it with our inner eyes. Without a vision, it’s easy to spend all our time reacting to and attempting to solve an endless array…
When I was 26, I was involved in a head-on collision on a rural highway in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. I was flown by air ambulance to the Mayo clinic in Minnesota. I had fractured T-12 and displaced my spinal chord by 40 degrees. The doctors at the Mayo Clinic gave me less than…
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