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Participatory Wisdom Tools… our Choice

May 14, 2009 Social Media

New technologies and web-based tools that enable faster and broader participation and collaborations globally, are bursting into our market place daily. Social Media is burgeoning. We are able to connect, share ideas and knowledge, co-create, design, laugh, cry, rant and celebrate with more people over more issues than ever before. Digital tools are enabling us [...]

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Creativity, Positivity and Collaboration

May 12, 2009 Change

This great story attracted my attention today. This is the business model of the future. It speaks to our “positive core” – a collective force of the best of who we are, what we do and have, not only valuing our collective strengths and aspirations, but acting on them. In our interconnected, socially networked world, [...]

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Investing for the greatest return

April 30, 2009 Change

The existing paradigm of focus first on weakness is played out every day in most of our homes, our schools, our institutions, our place of work and worship. We focus on the things that “need fixing”. We invest energy, money, time, intellect, emotion into things that don’t work for us instead of putting energies into those things that will give us an easier and a much-amplified return for our efforts and investments. Simply, what we focus on grows.

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Twitter and Me

March 28, 2009 Change

Twitter makes me happy because, it is FUN to participate, to discover people, ideas, learn many new things, go to new sites. It is ENGAGING, as I am fully absorbed, in the flow; I’m fully focused and before I know it, it’s 3.30 a.m. It is also MEANINGFUL, adding a value to my life that [...]

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Positive Acts of Service

March 19, 2009 Positivity

When we perform acts of service, no matter how tiny, we experience a positive affect and that leads to more positive actions, and the recipient, if there is one, shows gratitude, and is likely to also perform some positive future action.

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Play is Vital

March 13, 2009 Change

You bounce on a trampolin, higher and higher; you’re on a swing pumping back and forth gaining greater momentum; you throw a frisby and leap to catch it; you run and tumble in the fresh snow; you tip-toe into the surf jumping over the waves until you dive in to finally get fully wet. You laugh, you feel exhilerated, you feel joyful and energized. It’s called play. Remember?

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The Practice of Positivity

March 10, 2009 Workshops

This past weekend I participated in a most inspiring event where Barbara Fredrickson and Sharon Salzberg shared insights in the Brainwave series at the Rubin Museum of Art in New York city on the topic of the science of positivity. Barbara, as a scientist has been studying the neuroscience and physiology of positive emotions. Moreover, [...]

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Small Changes for a Sustainable Impact

March 9, 2009 Appreciative Inquiry

What’s the smallest change now that can make a sustainable impact? This powerful question invites us to be in the moment, real and responsible. We use it successfully in Appreciative Inquiry workshops after the dream / imagining step. Why is this important? Asking what can you start right now after collectively dreaming about a shared, preferred future brings the energy back to the present – the here and now.

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