Organizational Alchemy Part 3: Catalysts and Interactions
Alchemy is the process of transforming lesser substances into more noble substances. Understanding the specific characteristics of...
Organizational Alchemy Part 2: Understanding Basic Elements
The foundation of alchemy is a deep understanding of basic elements and their properties. In the time of Plato and Aristotle, the basic...
Organizational Alchemy Part 1: Introducing the Master Integrator
Throughout history, we have had a drive – or maybe an obsession - with trying to create something of great value from commonplace...
Shifting Paradigms Part 4: Cultural Change & The Way of Truth
Last week I explored the three basic pillars of successful cultural transformations. There is a wide spectrum of what these...
Shifting Paradigms Part 3: The 3 Pillars of Cultural Transformation
In my organization, Balfour Beatty Construction, as with many organizations around the world, there is often a desire or need for some...
Shifting Paradigms Part 2: Visionary Leadership & Plato's Cave
One of the most famous and powerful metaphors related to the challenge of being a visionary or “enlightened” individual comes from Book...
Shifting Paradigms Part 1: The Relativity of Myth and Science
“There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world, and that is an idea whose time has come.” –Victor Hugo I recently started...
Primal Wisdom Part 4: Fear, Courage, and the Samurai’s Sword
A mentor of mine once told me: “Courage can only come from fear. Running into a burning building to save someone is only courage if the...
Primal Wisdom Part 3: “To everything there is a season…”
The motivation for this series of posts on Primal Wisdom is that there are aspects of human nature that have developed over thousands and...
Primal Wisdom Part 2: Rites of Passage
Rites of passage are not just ceremonies or arbitrary points in time – they are transformations in consciousness. They are points were we...
