September 8th, Day 1 of the course. The usual administrative start, admin and introductions. I introduced myself to the group by giving a little bit of information about myself. I was not surprised to find the old anxieties rising at the prospect of introducing myself to a new group of people. I had done the […]

  Make this the last post in the series.  Each year a tree gracefully sheds its leaves, and each spring they come back. For the most part, it is the “same” tree year after year, but in other ways, it’s completely different. Who can tell? So, 3, 4 months in- one season has passed.  I […]

This is an attractive ideal and it has arisen a number of times throughout the course. I have loved hearing stories of guest speakers who are out there doing it. For example, Martin spoke of the work he has done to ensure that banks do not penalise customers for being poor. Still, I find myself […]

The struggle to be real For the past 5 year’s I have been working within a corporate structure that makes it difficult to really be myself. Ironically, I was hired on the strength of my educational qualifications and experience, but once I got inside the fence it felt as if this was valued for status […]

The group presentation Servant Leadership gave me an introduction this concept and  reinforced belief that traditional western leadership paradigms are not appropriate or useful for promoting an ethic of responsibility and care for others that will be required for the societies and cultures to peacefully co-exist and thrive At the end of presentation we were […]