PinnedOrganizational health and systemic leadership“A monk asks: Is there anything more miraculous than the wonders of Nature? The master answers: Yes, your awareness of the wonders of Nature.” ― Angelus Silesius The laws of nature speak to how living systems self-organize. Applying that wisdom to people and organizations is the field of systemic leadership. …2 min read2 min read
Aug 17, 2021The wise innocence of Becoming“Beauty is eternity gazing at itself in a mirror. But you are eternity and you are the mirror.” ― Kahlil Gibran Unconsciousness stems from a lot of conditioned responses, patterns that become wired early on in our lives both in the womb and then in the first years of life…4 min read4 min read
Sep 23, 2020Follow your bliss“Follow your bliss. If you do follow your bliss, you put yourself on a kind of track that has been there all the while waiting for you, and the life you ought to be living is the one you are living.” ― Joseph Campbell We are navigating what feels like…Systemicleadership4 min readSystemicleadership4 min read
Sep 4, 2020The philosopher’s stone“As above, so below, as within, so without, as the universe, so the soul…” ― Hermes Trismegistus Our physiological state creates the psychological story. An inner sense of safety means being able to perceive the present moment for what it brings and most of all enjoy the nuances of life…2 min read2 min read
Mar 24, 2020An article ahead of its timeI want to share with you an article i found today. It felt a bit like finding a message in a bottle, as my sense is that it was written well ahead of its time and fits really well within the current landscape of the world. It is a dense…3 min read3 min read
Jan 15, 2020Leading with Systemic Awareness“The artist is not a person endowed with free will who seeks his own ends, but one who allows art to realize its purpose through him. As a human being he may have moods and a will and personal aims, but as an artist he is “man” in a higher…Leadership3 min readLeadership3 min read
Nov 18, 2019The practices of Systemic LeadershipSystemic leadership implies looking at the whole system (past / present / future) with discernment and compassion, so that as leaders we might address the repetitive dynamics that consume energy and make it more difficult for people to really focus on serving the reason for existence. …Leadership5 min readLeadership5 min read
Nov 2, 2019Systemic Leadership. What does Systemic stand for and why does that matter?What is Systemic Leadership? Systemic leadership implies looking at the organization and seeing it as a whole. It means acting with systemic awareness, an awareness that is rooted in the understanding that the organization is an organic structure. When we start acknowledging that organizations are “live-life systems”, we are more able to lead systems…Management3 min readManagement3 min read
Oct 23, 2019A new OrderYesterday we obeyed kings and bent our necks before emperors. But today we kneel only to truth, follow only beauty, and obey only love. Khalil Gibran Leaving aside a bit what we know about the history of mankind — which, much of it, is a huge collection of romanticized stories…Leadership3 min readLeadership3 min read
Oct 22, 2019The Natural Order in Organizations“We are free to choose our actions, but we are not free to choose the consequences of these actions.” Stephen R. Covey Nature has at its very core intelligent design. Nothing in nature exists for itself. Everything is in a permanent interdependent relationship with other elements from the eco-system. The…Management2 min readManagement2 min read