Five Ways to Create Positive Community Collisions
I think that we need to disrupt our social networks by thinking of and engaging with other people. Wharton super-professor Adam Grant recently tweeted that what actually drives prejudice is “in-group love, not out-group hate”. We need to engage and…
Three Reasons to Embrace Co-opetition
Embrace Co-opetition Co-opetition means working together to achieve mutually beneficial results and this article will explore three reasons to embrace co-opetition in your business, community, school, and life endeavours. For example, co-opetition amongst business competitors to achieve full employment in their…
The Usual
Being asked “the usual?” in your favourite coffee shop or restaurant, I think, represents an achievement unlocked. The barista (and a co-owner) of a cafĂ© near my office used this phrase yesterday and my response was “we did it!” Earning…
Five Lessons from Camping Adventures for Your Worklife
The Horn Family had an awesome summer. Part of what made it great were three weeklong camping trips with family and friends in some of the most beautiful spots that the West Coast (possibly the world) has to offer. At…
Egg Salad Sandwiches
Last week Michelle, my lovely wife who is her own person, and I signed our revised wills and power of attorney documents. Life maintenance and adulting are important, after all. The phrase “serve egg salad sandwiches” is in my will….
Prosocial
Being a prosocial human means acting in the best interest of our communities because serving the public good is more important than advancing our own agenda. Cooperative economist Stefano Zamagni argues that seeking to help the world is an emerging…
Five Community Building Lessons from Trees
There are a lot of community building lessons from trees that we can (and should) apply to our worklife. Here is an example of how trees take care of each other: It’s been said that the measure of a community…
Three Ways that Circles Empower and Connect Communities
Elevating inclusion, belonging, and democracy in peoples’ worklife requires a delicate balance of autonomy and connection. Sociocracy is a type of organizational collaboration that cultivates psychological safety and inclusive decision making with the intention of unlocking human potential – in…
Governance
The world is less democratic than it was 15 years ago. Peoples’ growing malaise with democracy has been a disturbing trend that dates back to the 1970s. The way we govern our communities – neighbourhood associations, corporate boards, regional elections…
Finding a Job is Just Like Dating
Around the world, career practitioners continually search for meaningful, engaging and inspiring metaphors that will, among other things, drive clients their way. Powerful metaphors also help people better understand their work search, too. (Friend and colleague) Kimberley Rawes and I…