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The One Capacity You’ve Ignored Far Too Long—Part 1

If you had to identify one human capacity that makes each of the following possible, what would it be?

  • Engineering a city
  • Executing a business strategy
  • Producing offspring
  • Running a marathon
  • Playing in a jazz quartet

The answer may not be obvious. These activities seem to have little in common.

Before revealing what connects them, consider a second list. What might underlie these familiar organizational problems?

  • Lack of trust
  • Miscommunication
  • Lack of clarity
  • Lack of accountability

At first glance, the two lists appear to ask DOWNLOAD PDF

By |2026-08-31T19:18:06-04:00August 31st, 2026|Blog, Communication, Leadership|0 Comments

Expectations Kill Possibility: From Projection to Presence

In the Star Trek: Voyager episode “Sacred Ground,” Captain Kathryn Janeway—a trained scientist with a background in quantum cosmology and a former chief science officer—faces a crisis she cannot solve through conventional means.

When crewmember Kes is rendered unconscious by a planet’s mysterious energy field, Janeway petitions the planet’s monks to allow her to undertake a sacred ritual connected to the field.

The monks assign her a guide.

Before the ritual begins, Janeway encounters three elder monks who engage her in Zen-like Taoist wordplay. Their exchanges subtly expose something unsettling: Janeway is already preparing for the experience. She perceives it as a trial DOWNLOAD PDF

By |2026-06-03T14:31:07-04:00March 12th, 2026|Blog, Wisdom|0 Comments

A Grounding Practice in a Fragmented World

About six years ago, I noticed a shift in my coaching practice. People were coming to their sessions more fragmented and with heavier loads. I also noticed that it took a little longer to get into each session.

Since then, two comments I often hear at the end of sessions have stuck with me:

  • I feel more grounded.
  • I feel lighter.

As a researcher, such trends and patterns have given me pause.

Being a Coach Today

Over the last two years, three events have rocked so many Americans: the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the George DOWNLOAD PDF

By |2024-08-14T15:44:51-04:00June 6th, 2022|Blog, Practice|2 Comments
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