one the lessons that i’m grappling with from evolutionary leadership (el) is the concept of how to integrate and include the past as i/we move into the future. gibrán initially laid this is idea out like this:
Read more...note: this is part 1 of a draft for a piece i’ll eventually submit to the alternative futures project.
Read more...ok so it’s been almost two weeks since i/we got back from evolutionary leadership (el). it’s clear to me that are going to be many layers to thinking about this experience. it will absolutely be an iterative process and i imagine it’ll take a long time (forever?) to integrate the learnings. but that process won’t start until it starts so here’s to starting!
Read more...this past friday, a few people from the 2017 cohort of evolutionary leadership had a morning meditation session (a sit). one of the folks wanted to hear a bit about the sitting practices of the rest of us and so two of us got to explain bits of our practices.
Read more...last year was a good but tough year. a mentor of mine says i was going through the end of one 7 year cycle and starting up the next. in a period of just a few months i left my job, ended a six-year romantic relationship, and moved across town. as meg jay would say, there are three significant areas that we make critical decisions in: what we do to sustain ourselves (work), who we spend our time with (friends and lovers), and where we choose to spend our time and resources (location). i had big shifts in all three.
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