I took this photo of a tree branch pinioned into a piece of metal fence.It was left on the floor of a house I was doing construction in, and I obviously found it very striking. The branch appears to have been pierced – as if on a torture rack – by the metal. It looks […]
Covid-19 is a virulent disruption and a crisis with already tragic consequences. Disruption and crisis strike to the core of an identity, a paradigm, requiring a structural, systemic, transformative adaptation. In the midst of the crisis the direction of that adaptation is uncertain: there is possibility, and there is peril.
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We sow seeds of wild chaos across
your rows of ordered symmetry.
We rewrite blind rites
tying them to meaning.
We reroute ruts so they reach streams,
and dig down deep
so your source
bursts forth.
TABOO Taboos surround wounds like highway hazard signs: Avalanche Area,Beware of Falling Rocks,Wildlife Corridor,Deer Crossing. Severe Storm Area,Rumble Strips,Steep Hill,No Pedestrians. Fog Area,Road Slippery When Wet,Icy, Hairpin Curve,Circular Intersection. Give Way,Do Not Pick Up Hitchhikers: State Prison. One Lane Bridge,No Shoulder,No Left Turn, No Right Turn, No U Turn. Yield,Stop,No Entry,Dead End. Behind and beyond
“Curiosity… is insubordination in it’s purest form.” – Vladamir Nabakov It’s becoming increasingly common for leadership coaches and innovation experts to espouse the benefits, and even necessity, of curiosity. And yet we also know, as I explained in a previous post, that education systems and workplaces typically discourage curiosity. Why is this? What is it about
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An illustrated tale about a duck, and a beak, and a monster from the deep…
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‘Trans’ comes from the Greek ‘across’, and ‘librium’ is from the Greek ‘libra’ which connotes both balance (equilibrium) and freedom (‘libre’, liberty). Whereas ‘homeostasis’ assumes a return to an initial state as a descriptor of health, ‘translibrium’ assumes continuous adaptation as a requisite for survival.
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This IGNITE Talk (5 mins, 15 secs per slide – GO!) was presented at the Web of Change Conference Sept. 2013, at Balcones Springs just outside of Austin, TX. Huge thanks to the WOCMob for welcoming this errant pitch! In response to my opening statement “I’m curious why orgs and people fiercely protect outrageous poisonous
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The dance is improvisational in that every planter is unique, and has their own unique way of proceeding through a landscape, and every inch of that landscape is unique, and every tree that is planted is unique, and every occurrence of a tree being planted is a unique and unrepeatable event.
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The abstract heirlooms in which our infant minds are wrapped, swathed and swaddledare like cocoons;perceptual wombs which may,initially,protect, prepare, and secure us,but may,eventually,contain,then condition,then regulate,then restrain,then constrain,then restrict,then constrict,then strangulate,then finally entombthe revelation of possibility. Unable to fulfil their metamorphosis the cocoons corrupt.Fledgeling minds wither within eggshell tombs.Their aborted blooms,well preserved,are quickly conveyed to serve