In one of the management training groups, it could be seen that the managers had come together for the training because they had been organised and given no other choice. There was a visible and perceived resistance to yet another management training course, an expectation of the topics to be covered, an attitude of ‘I […]
Sometimes we even try to hide the fact that we are practising spirituality. In the context of organisations, this sometimes seems to be completely out of the question, and some media outlets also consider anything that goes beyond the level of quantifiable thinking to be ooh-ooh. If that’s the case, then I’m proud to say.
Why do we call spirituality “woo-woo”? Read More »
I remember about 5 years ago when I started to “take my time”. And the first thing I did was to write down where the time goes – 8 hours I sleep, 8 hours I’m at work, 2-3 hours logistics to work and the day-to-day stuff on top of that. Then I had 2-3 hours
8h of sleep, 8h of work, 8h of personal-which causes depression? Read More »
All these phrases like September-every-other-month, new-year-again-again, etc. seem to imply that there should be some kind of major change at the turn of the season. However, this change is very often taken to mean some kind of externally visible change. A large part of organisational change is also related to some visible part (structures, people
Should anything change for the new season? Read More »
What would you do if you are walking down the street and a man comes up to you, covered in many scabby wounds and a dirty plastic bag, who looks more or less clean, but you can tell by the way he looks that he doesn’t seem to be doing too well. This man walked
When you notice that you have changed. Read More »
We make smaller and bigger choices in our lives every day. Some choices have already been made and we call them habits. Choices can never be made again, because there is never exactly the same situation, but we can always make choices in a new situation. One of the problems of being human is that
Choices out of fear and choices out of faith Read More »
My last few days of struggle – everything is there, but there’s still something missing. I’ve been there before, and I’ve always moved on to the next qualitative level. It has always been supported by a sentence someone has said or a thought they have read. In this case, a conversation with a life partner
Everything is there, but there is still something missing. Read More »
Fake security – a feeling often built in organisations and then dealing with the aftermath, where people are surprised that there is no complete security in their lives. One of the best examples of creating a sense of insecurity is fixed-term employment contracts, where people are surprised when they expire and sometimes lose their heads.
Life is filled with regularities and moments of chaos, all of which together form our everyday reality. How we respond to these can greatly determine our well-being. Having lived with a Brazilian for two years now, and currently being in Brazil, I have experienced their attitude towards time — where, on one hand, precision is
𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐎𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫: 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐖𝐞 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐝𝐚𝐩𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 Read More »
Have you ever considered how much the meaning of our set goals can change over time? We live in an era where we often expect more from people than might be realistic. The history of our species stretches back hundreds of thousands of years, whereas the history of the organizational world is relatively short, about
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐌𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐨𝐚𝐥𝐬: 𝐀 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐎𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐭𝐡 Read More »
