Emotional Intelligence

Design Thinking meets Mindfulness “How does mindfulness support you as a Design Thinking Coach?” I was asked. Being a Search Inside Yourself teacher, I realized that indeed both are inseparable. Design Thinking is a systematic,... Read More »

“If you’re the smartest person in the room, then you’re in the wrong room.” – Confucius People who think they are the smartest person in the room are described by Liz Wiseman’s book Multipliers as... Read More »

Let me be clear. Trends are not about predicting the future, there is no crystal ball. Trends are embedded within a culture, and oh boy, our collective culture evolved in 2020. We all discovered many things. How Work from Home is totally doable. How... Read More »

There’s certainly no disputing that 2020 was a disruptive year – and not in the good, ‘groundbreaking-innovation-that-adds-value’ kind of way. More in the ‘turbulent, disorderly, uncertain’ meaning of the overused word: Sudden... Read More »

“If you chase two rabbits, both will escape.” – unknown A lot of folks these days are challenged with having too many opportunities and options. Think that’s overly optimistic? Well, from my coaching experience, I found that... Read More »

They stand in an elevator crammed with businessmen. Nobody speaks a word. What connects them is that they are strangers. Later in the bar she looks up and gives him a shy smile. Thinking of these scenes it seems to me that my own world got Lost in... Read More »

Around this time, most of us are reflecting on our achievements in the past year, while planning for the next. I’d like to share a simple management model I learned from a mentor that I’ve adapted for use with my clients as a career and... Read More »

This post was originally published in Forbes at this link: https://www.forbes.com/sites/sap/2020/12/07/3-ways-to-boost-employee-engagement-right-now/?sh=210062d525ee Well, here we are. After nine months, the world is still on pause, and some... Read More »

America mourns for one of the last heroes of their Greatest Generation. Chuck Yeager, the man who first broke the speed of sound died at the age of 97. My newspaper wrote that he was one of the last men to accomplish pioneer work on earth. Future... Read More »

To better understand what’s happening in my system of reference every now and then I need to leave the atmosphere and observe it from the outside. I had a fireside chat with a friend of mine who funds a software project. There is a striking... Read More »