Recently I had the honor to sit with Craig and Patricia Neal, authors of The Art of Convening and founders of The Center for Purposeful Leadership. Their career spans a lifetime of bringing people together in ways that generate authentic engagement and meaningful connection. What stood out for me was
I interviewed Marilyn Darling and Heidi Sparkes Guber just as the COVID-19 crisis was beginning to take on global proportions. Marilyn and Heidi are the founders of Fourth Quadrant Partners, an organization that works to create sustainable social change through emergent learning. Their work pulls from decades of research working
Today I am sharing what is possibly one of my most personal recordings on a subject that is rarely comfortable to talk about: shame. You may be wondering what shame has to do with group process or online learning or any of the things that Sutra might be associated with.
Scrolling my Facebook feed recently I was struck by the many ways that people are finding to share themselves and come together during this time. People are live streaming DJ sets, hosting conversations, and sharing inspirational stories. I even saw a video of children practicing yoga. A crisis can bring
https://youtu.be/d4cKsIByJrg When Guru Nanak, founder of Sikh Dharma, came out of samadhi, he spoke 38 stanzas of which four were about listening. Each stanza concludes with: “Deeply listening, sorrows and errors depart.” I know, with a headline like Becoming Super Human, you’re probably expecting something about diet or productivity. But
I have been reflecting on the power of discovery. Discovery is more than just observation. It is curiosity and engagement. Every moment presents an opportunity to discover what is there. Often though, we are tranquilized by obviousness.Imagine yourself always wearing rose colored sunglasses. It would be obvious that the world
Dealing with set backs is a universal condition. When James Murray, the lead editor of the first Oxford English Dictionary was enrolled to publish the dictionary, he was confronted with a near impossible task: document the use of every single word in the English language throughout history. Originally expecting the
I was a pretty obnoxious kid in high school. Purple hair, lots of piercings, prone to making trouble. I remember having a debate with my English teacher about Shakespeare, challenging her on the meaning behind certain passages we were studying. I just didn’t understand where she was getting all this
How often do we consider the true significance of our words? Every time a person sneezes, someone will inevitably say, “bless you”. But what does this mean? Recently, I shared with a friend that when I walk by a person asking for money, I often respond with a blessing. His
Resistance is familiar to anyone who has pursued a creative endeavor. It is that comforting force of distraction in the face of a meaningful task. It’s calling friends, surfing the web, researching something random, browsing Amazon, and day dreaming when you know you should be doing something else. In The