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February 16, 2010: The Death of "Why?": The Decline of Questioning and the Future of Democracy with Andrea Batista Schlesinger, Executive Director, Drum Major Institute for Public Policy (DMI) Founded during the civil rights movement, DMI is a non-partisan think tank providing ideas that fuel the progressive movement. Andrea weighs in regularly on pressing policy debates in places from The Nation to CNN’s Lou Dobbs, and has been profiled by the New York Times and the New Yorker for her activism. She currently serves as a policy advisor on the re-election campaign of New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg.Obsessed with answers, Americans have lost sight of the power and value of questions. In this time of economic crisis, how we understand our biggest concerns and problems will benefit greatly from a return to inquiry. “We spend hours every day, among people with whom we agree,” Andrea writes. “We have to send the message that this journey of asking questions, of exploration, is as important as where we end up.” In The Death of “Why?” Andrea offers a passionate defense of the role of questioning. She argues that deliberation fueled by skepticism and curiosity should guide our democracy and educational system today. Our resilience depends on our ability to struggle with what we don’t know—to live and think outside comfortable bubbles of sameness and ideological homogeneity. Register Now |
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March 23, 2010: Mojo: How to Get It, How to Keep It, and How to Get It Back When You Need It! with Marshall Goldsmith, Prolific Author, Teacher, Executive Coach
Mojo is that much-desired sweet spot in an organization's year, a sports team's season, or an individual's career where everything is going the right way-and success builds upon success. In Mojo, bestselling author and renowned executive coach Marshall Goldsmith explains that having mojo means controlling three elements: - Identity (Who do you think you are?) - Achievement (What have you done lately?) - Reputation (Who do other people think you are? What do other people think you've done lately?) But understanding mojo isn't enough. Knowing how to acquire, maintain, or even recapture it is what really counts, and Goldsmith uses case studies from his own high-profile clients as well as from the lives of public figures like John Travolta and Richard Nixon to illustrate how it's done. Mojo will show that momentum in business-organizations as well as individual lives and careers-is easy to define and quantify; there's a clear cause-and-effect relationship between mojo and success. With Marshall Goldsmith's help, readers will learn a revolutionary new way to jump-start--and capitalize on--their own mojo. Marshall Goldsmith has contributed to Mojo: How to Get It, How to Keep It, and How to Get It Back When You Need It! as an author. Marshall Goldsmith is the bestselling author of What Got You Here Won't Get You There and one of the world's most respected executive coaches. He has worked with more than 70 top CEOs, and has helped to implement processes that have affected more than one million people worldwide. Goldsmith is on the faculty of the executive education programs for Dartmouth College and the University of Michigan, and lives in Fairbanks Ranch, California.Register Now |
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April 20, 2010: Frameshifting: A Path to Wholeness with David Banner, Author, Mentor, and Educator
Many people speak of paradigm shifts. A paradigm is a set of beliefs, values, and expectations that acts as a filter, letting in the sensory data that support the paradigm and blocking those that don't. Our larger frame is composed of our personal paradigms about work, friendship, marriage, hobbies, vacations, relatives, and so on. This frame determines how we see ourselves-in other words, who we think we are. Opportunities that cause me to experience myself as larger than a skin-encapsulated body, mind and feelings. I call this experience frameshifting. Frameshifting offers a way to look at the process of cultural transformation and renewal from an individual perspective. As more people begin to see themselves connected to a larger whole, intimately related to all life, then genocide, wars, alienation, and a callous disregard for life will necessarily become things of the past.
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May 18, 2010: The Circle Way: A Leader in Every Chair with Christina Baldwin, Founder, PeerSpirit Inc.
Christina Baldwin is a writer and seminar presenter of 30+ years experience. She has contributed two classic books to the exploration of journal writing, including the well-known classic, Life's Companion, Journal Writing as a Spiritual Practice, revised and reissued in 2007 after 100,000 original sales. This work led her to a long study of personal growth and group dynamics and as a result of that experience she wrote Calling the Circle, the First and Future Culture to explore how social container releases needed wisdom. In recognition of the requirement for increased spirituality, she wrote, The Seven Whispers, Spiritual Practice for Times Like These. Her most recent book, Storycatcher, Making Sense of our Lives through the Power and Practice of Story, reminds readers of the necessity of story to communicate in all areas of professional and personal life. Christina holds a B.A. in English with honors and Phi Beta Kappa from Macalester College, and a M.S. in Educational Psychology from Columbia Pacific University. She currently lives on an island near Seattle, WA, from which she travels extensively to lecture, teach, and call people and organizations into conversations of heart, meaning, and activism.
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