Collaboration and connecting with others is a beautiful thing, but in the end, creation is done in solitude. All great art is done in isolation. All creative work must be done by shutting out the outside world, sitting down, and creating. (Leo Babauta, Zen Habits) Nice idea. Yet, for most of us, immersed in […]
Simplify your external world to Amplify your internal world + 5 books to help you
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At the CORE: How social media is re-shaping the business of conflict resolution
As part of the CORE Conflict Resolution Clinic speaker series, I gave a presentation last week on the topic of how social media is re-shaping the business of conflict resolution. The audience was 18 arbitrators, mediators, lawyers, tribunal officers, and other conflict resolution professionals. The talk was held in the office of KPMG, in downtown […]
Filed Under: Conflict Management, Frameworks for collaboration, Virtual Facilitation · Tagged: community-of-practice, dispute resolution, mediation, mediator, social media
This week's Twitter tweets
Most days, I spend a bit of time on Twitter. And almost every day, I come across something interesting via Twitter, applicable to my own fields of interest. Here’s a sampling of what got my attention this week on Twitter, and/or that I felt sharing with the world, via my tweets. There are many interesting […]
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Social media: An opportunity to change your story and change your life
Your story, your identity, shapes how you live your life. Change your story and youll change the way you live your life. Social media presents an opportunity to do just that; a place where you can create a new story for yourself, and change your life. Two weeks ago, I participated in an all-day workshop […]
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Wonder Cafe: Online conversations are changing The United Church of Canada
It’s challenging being a mainstream Christian church these days, in Canada. Declining membership, aging congregations, questions about relevancy, not to mention dealing with the Indian residential school legacy, witness Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Yet, paradoxically, there is opportunity. Opportunity to reach out, engage, dialogue, explore new possibilities. This is the approach The United Church […]
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