New “Integrating Change in Organizations” workshop announced in the Bay Area
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Change is obviously not a new topic, and an oppressive number of articles and books will give you their authors’ perspectives on managing change. Mel Toomey of Generative Leadership Group and the Center for Leadership Studies, has been driving profound and original thinking about change, and will be leading this workshop. He believes that the idea that you can manage change is false. Managing means bringing predictability, reliability and certainty to a task, project or organization. Change, on the other hand, is by its very nature messy, chaotic and unstructured. While we may wish we could manage it, trying to do so will cause your change initiatives to fail. Imposing a rigid process on change will remove all the new possibilities and delightful uncertainty that is the very foundation of innovation and new futures – which is what change is meant to bring about!
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Meditation Retreat a resounding
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In May, a group of busy business people gathered for a weekend of learning and practice about meditation in the Ottawa area. The workshop was led by Patt Lind-Kyle, a long-time meditator who has researched the effects of meditation on brain waves.
Many of us assume that “normal” means being pulled in 50 different directions at once, juggling home, work, errands and friends, and constantly dealing with stress. Often, it seems as though we're barely holding it together—but Patt teaches that it is possible to regain control. First, however, you have to understand what’s at the root of your problems: your mind and the way it directs your brain to function. Recent scientific breakthroughs have shown us that the brain is constantly rewiring itself in response to events in our lives—a quality called neuroplasticity. This emerging science informs related meditation techniques that directly access the brain’s neural wiring—wiring that determines your interactions, decisions, reactions, and behaviors.
If you are interested in a similar workshop in your area, please contact Elisa Maselli at elisa_maselli@glg.net.
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