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Can boredom really stimulate creativity?
February 7, 2014As I wrote briefly last week, I was fascinated by a concept I discovered recently in an in-flight...
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Reflecting on boredom
January 31, 2014A funny thing happened to me this week on a flight from Detroit to Amsterdam. We were all set...
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Reflections on talent and character
January 17, 2014Sometimes, when I go on a speaking tour, I can get a bit tired from talking and doing interviews...
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The pope’s remarkable stories of inclusion continue, as he takes the church to the streets
January 10, 2014One of the themes of my coaching of leaders and in my seminars for the past 15 years...
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John F. Kennedy and stories of identity
January 4, 2014In November, I did a quick stop-over in the US on my way back to Amsterdam from Argentina. ...
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The remarkable stories of inclusion continue
December 27, 2013Again this week, I caught myself thinking that I was writing a bit too much about Pope Francis and...
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Pope Francis’ extraordinary stories of inclusion
December 13, 2013One of the remarkable elements I have seen in the pope’s stories for the church’s future is the extent...
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The passing of Nelson Mandela
December 6, 2013This week, I had prepared a sequel to last week’s blog. However when I learned last night of Nelson...
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Pope Francis’ story for the future of the Catholic Church
November 29, 2013Once again this week, news from the Vatican drew me back to writing about Pope Francis. I continue...
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Two additional symbols from Pope Francis’ early days
November 8, 2013In a previous post, we reflected on the symbolic importance of Cardinal Bergoglio’s choice of the name Francis. This...