Image by quang-nguyen-vinh Last week during the opening retreat of the Community Leadership Accelerator (CLA), I was grateful for important lessons about learning and unlearning and enacting power through play. As one of the leaders of the program, I always learn a lot, but it’s not usually the experiential sort of learning that we curate … Read more
I’ve been noticing something that feels important to name. Many leaders are trying to lead as if things are normal,while living and working in a context that very clearly isn’t. For some, there was a specific event or series of events that produced an existential threat.A moment when funding, safety, or stability nearly disappeared.Then things … Read more
In Buddhist teachings, there is a simple and enduring idea known as the first and second arrow. The first arrow is the pain we cannot avoid. Illness. Conflict. Uncertainty. Scarcity. Structural constraints. The realities of leadership in complex systems. We do not choose the first arrow, and no amount of good intention or skill guarantees … Read more