by DavidFraser | Jul 22, 2012 | Personal Mastery, Relationship Skills, Systems, Wisdom
Reading David Bohm’s book “On Dialogue,” which, not surprisingly, has a particularly helpful exposition of the difference between dialogue and discussion… (David Bohm was a renowned physicist of the twentieth century who also made great...
by DavidFraser | Jul 13, 2012 | Leadership, Personal Mastery, Wisdom
We appreciate the value of knowing we can contact someone when things are difficult; knowing that that person will “be there” for us. What does it really take to do this? We might imagine it involves sharing the burden of the problem, and so shy away from the load. In...
by DavidFraser | Jul 11, 2012 | Inspiration, Personal Mastery, Relationship Skills, Wisdom
Wimbledon… Andy Murray is expected to speak on live TV to millions of people having just lost to Roger Federer in the final, and struggles to compose himself as you can see here if you missed it at the time. Some commentators wrote that he was in tears because...
by DavidFraser | Jul 6, 2012 | Change, Leadership, Organizational Learning, Wisdom
If you don’t have authority to instruct change (do you ever?), here’s a way to look at what needs to happen… 1. Build rapport with a larger and larger set of people within the entity you hope to influence. 2. Then, as you change yourself, the rapport group...
by DavidFraser | Jul 4, 2012 | Personal Mastery, Wisdom
We love sayings like these… “Many hands make light work” “The more you tell the more you sell.” “What gets measured gets done.” They certainly sound convincing. But are they true? In most cases, yes and no. You can usually find another clever phrase that states...
by DavidFraser | Jun 29, 2012 | Leadership, Organizations, Wisdom, World Affairs
In the West in particular, we believe in democracy, almost without thinking, but is it being abused? You see… When we elect a leader, we need them to lead, even if, in fact, we don’t like the consequences for us very much. That’s their job – to lead....
