Three perspectives on how you can take ownership of your own health and wellness Keep moving! “We are living in the most sedentary era in modern history.” – Keith Diaz, Columbia University exercise scientist Diaz continues: “In a single year, the average adult now spends a full 187 days, over half of the year, sitting […]
To be intersectional is to be liminal
Intersectionality can be a bridge that integrates us, and it can simultaneously be a wall that divides us. In contrast, liminality is a state of betweenness and flux that allows for many possibilities. Combining the lens of “liminality” with that of “intersectionality” might deepen our appreciation of the limitless diversity around AND within each of […]
Purposeful reflection is the neglected engine of transformational learning
There are times when we don’t need to be “trained.” We just need someone to provide us with space to slow down and connect with our peers to reflect on what has been working, what hasn’t been working and what we want to do next. Here are a few hints on how to design change […]
Crime, punishment and…the role of feedback loops in driving learning
“The research literature now reflects a broad consensus that offenders are deterred to a greater extent by the certainty of punishment than by the severity of punishment.” – Aaron Chalfin, Associate Professor of Criminology at the University of Pennsylvania and a Senior Fellow at the Niskanen Center On why we are more sensitive to likelihood […]
Anxiety and psychological safety work differently when your vision and strategy require your people to execute than when what you need from them is more exploration
“The problem is that the creation of psychological safety is usually very difficult, especially when you’re pushing for greater workforce productivity at the same time.” – Dr. Edgar Shein, foundational researcher in the discipline of organizational behavior In order to learn, people have to TRY something new. To various degrees, all organizations and their employees are […]
Which would you choose: more recognition THAN your peers or more contribution WITH your peers?
If you could choose between a role in which you differentiate your self by competing with peers to make the contribution that gains the most recognition versus a role in which you actualize your self by making the greatest possible contribution together with those peers, which would you choose? I suspect it is the purpose […]
You need colleagues
People often don’t need a leader, manager, consultant, mentor or coach. They don’t need a team. What they need is someone with whom they can talk honestly about what they see, think and feel. They need someone who can help them think clearly about what they want to do – help them find that gut […]
The anxiety of uncertainty goes hand in hand with curiosity about possibilities
Those of us who have the good fortune to live in conditions that (largely) liberate us from fear often fill that space with anxiety. “So one line is, you know, traces its origins back to Freud, who suggested that anxiety was a fear that didn’t have a specific object of fear. So you were scared, […]
How do you bring about a durable shift in one of your own mindsets?
Mindset shifts are associated with shifts in behavior as well as psychological, physiological and social reality. Still, it can be hard to cue a mindset shift that lasts long enough to yield durable changes in experience. Stanford psychologist Alia Crum researches the various ways mindset affects us. The parts of the interview that caught me […]
Your 世間 (seken) is always there – even when your strategy for dealing with it is pretending that it doesn’t exist or matter to you at all
世間 (seken) refers to the stakeholders and (referent) groups whose views about you shape your reputation and standing in the communities you belong to or aspire to belong to. According to sociologist Eiko Ikegami, 世間 (seken) first appears in the writings of Hojo Shigetoki in the 13th century. The term 世間体 (sekentei) is used in a […]