Confidence, or the lack of it, is the ultimate deal maker or breaker, and no one is immune from its tenuous presence. Whether just starting your career or leading a large organization, and everything in between, your ability to learn, improve, and apply confidence makes all the difference in your…
There is promise for a brighter future when we learn to lead by unlocking a new navigational system built on the Unfolding Path. By enacting the set of reinforcing commitments and practices that underpin the Unfolding Path approach, we can create a powerful cycle that builds on itself. When we…
Purpose is essential to a fulfilled life. Yet, it’s not necessarily about “finding” our purpose as much as it is building a concrete web of purpose that suits our goals visions, and desires. Crafting your purpose doesn’t have to be difficult. When you do so, you can transform your role…
What’s your relationship with change? Friend? Enemy? We seem to do better when we opt for change. But what about those foisted upon us? In this playful episode, we’ll learn about 8 counterintuitive superpowers that help us develop a “flux mindset.” The future of work, our climate, personal relationships suppl…
Want to unite your remote team and elevate them to a whole new level? How about incorporating Virtual Reality (VR) to blend exquisite human creativity with the extension and scale of technology? You can utilize VR to connect remote teams to enable learning what comes from diving off with wild…
What if we lived every day of the year as if it were Christmas – and as if we were Santa Claus? What if we let ourselves be called into a higher state of being that embodied love, gratitude, and giving, every day – not just during the holidays? It’s…
Corporate “short-termism” is killing a robust, resilient and purpose-driven future. Companies are governed by the quarterly profit reporting system that encourages short-term, smaller value results. The opportunity is to help companies and their leadership to develop smarter, more strategic financial incentives and instilling an ownership culture among employees to take…
Did you know your business could be so much more than an engine of profitability? That through it you and your team can be so much more impactful and exponentially more valuable? The way to do it? Shepherd your business, with brilliance, guts, and grace, through your darkest and lightest…
Ambition is a precious resource in life that can drive people to pursue all manner of initiatives important to them. But pursuit of ambition at the expense of growth and well-being has serious repercussions. Learning to understand the source of ambition and the strengths and weaknesses associated with its pursuit…
System Choreographers. These are the disruptive big picture generalists rule breakers that drive high impact system innovation. It is an emerging career that pushes innovation beyond simple products and incremental change. Its foundation is to learn to step back and immerse into the full messiness of the system in which…
We can choose to respond to whatever life serves up to us, no matter how grim, heart-breaking, or devastating. We can and, arguably, must develop resilience to help us deal with and grow from those experiences. And happily, humanity has an infinite wellspring always available to each of us in…
With the vision and dream to make logotherapy available officially in the MENA region, Daliya Zgheib founded LOGOTHERAPY MENA, a Meaning Centered Institution, which primary cause is to help people find meaning and purpose through logotherapy and existential analysis. Her vision of the institute is to build communities and empower…
What the world needs more than anything right now goes beyond a simple or even shared purpose. It needs to be a collective purpose, a single rocket ship we can all fuel, board, and navigate with, together. Unless every one of us, together, embrace the critical prioritization of the whole,…
More than 60 percent of American adults report they feel isolated, with a similar trend in Europe. The consequences are dire for individuals and the businesses that employ them, manifesting in mental and physical illness, decreased productivity, and toxic workplaces. Workplace and social violence can also manifest from loneliness. The…
Meet Ethne, where passion meets purpose. With a focus on social injustice, this dynamic organization is out to eliminate the double jeopardy of poverty and its manifestations that hinder the empowerment of women and children. Powered by the meaning underlying the word “ethne,” its name is a reminder that we…
After nearly two years of havoc brought on by COVID-19 and blood, sweat, and tears of executives working to survive the ongoing pandemic, business owners are seeking guidance for reinvention and recovery. Customers have shifted purchasing behaviors, staff has turned over, markets have changed, and hybrid working models continue to…
The field and inquiry of purpose is about to take a whole new leap into the possible. By taking what we know of the physical world through the science of color, we can know more about our internal would through color theory. Color can give us access to conscious and…
Business can be such a force for good in the world, especially when it is consciously and purposefully crafted and executed. Building on a long career in technology, we learn in this inspiring and possibilities-blasting episode just how large-scale and multi-stakeholder enlivening business can be. Tune in to learn the…
After decades in pursuit of striving, working, competing, achieving, and accumulating, we can draw from wisdom and serenity in navigating our second half of life. In this conversation with two Sage-ing mentors, we discuss the newest frontier in human development to set a path and purpose for the boomer generation…
At a time with increased change and uncertainty, it’s extremely challenging to set a course direction in business. As the pandemic has highlighted, successfully navigating this uncertainty can be the difference between success and failure. Yet, we humans are naturally wired to “wait and see” when uncertain to a way…
Samuel Cook learned a thing or two about how precious and fleeting life is during his tours serving in the US Army and losing a brother early. Those experiences instilled a steadfast determination to do all the things, with focus and intention, that both he and his early departed brother…
Behold a new frontier of organically grown thought leaders, courtesy of the philosophy and culture media out, Planksip. On this platform, emerging writers and thought leaders have the opportunity to literally sip on the planks of fellow members’ works, while each lifting the other in growth and inspiration. In this…
A call for human-centric organizations is in order, says Executive Advisor and Futurist Deborah Westphal. This new organization embraces the messiness and beauty of people, iterates policies and procedures, and constantly challenges and refines strategies and goals for both itself and the people it serves. Human-centered organizations optimally balance technology,…
Natalie Benamou found her career of 29 years entirely altered when Covid hit. Her world came to a crashing halt when trade shows were cancelled right and left. Doors were swiftly closing everywhere. And that’s where the magic happened. In that vast, ever opening gap which Natalie then began to…
