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 »
While walking on a beach in Brazil, a small stream of water trying to reach the ocean ran right before us. Observing this gave me a deeper understanding of the flow of life and our tendency to try to control it. We attempted to create a new path for it to reach the ocean more
𝐅𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐨𝐟 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐨𝐦 Read More »
I have recently come to an important realization that has alleviated a lot of tension in my relationships and work: everything in life is temporary. From relationships to projects—every beginning will inevitably have an end. This realization might seem somber at first glance, but there is a liberating power hidden within it. Labeling a relationship
Applause has always been a bit of a strange thing for me. Maybe like it’s nice to be the centre of attention, but it’s also strange, embarrassing. But applauding itself is never strange, on the contrary – it’s an expression of gratitude, of appreciation, a way of conveying the information that the experience touched me.
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