Category Archives: Engagement

Trusted lies and the meaning of money

Recent reporting in the US indicates that we have accepted, as a culture, a "new normal" of half-truths and blatant disregard for facts.  Seriously?  Yes, unfortunately, this is no lie.  I wish I were kidding.  Apparently, some will consider this is a virtue, a victory over the rule of law, reason, and unadulterated honest dealings. It isn't. Repeated lying, especially the "rinse, wash and Continue Reading ...

Alignment

Lack of alignment around goals, or the deeper challenges of disagreements about priorities, the desired future, beliefs about what is possible, let alone worthwhile, sometimes fueled by egoic, dysfunctional, win-lose thinking, all limit success. When stakes are high, this lack of alignment can create quite a mess.  Though recovery from such setbacks isn't usually a problem, if there's a preventable Continue Reading ...

The Dance of Alignment: Do You Fit Your Workplace?

By Daniel Robin  In the early 1980’s I worked for a company that had begun to noticeably mutate. It had been growing like a weed – 400% in one year – but had yet to evolve (growing large isn’t the same as growing up). Those of us holding out for the company’s metamorphosis realized that it would take perhaps 20 or 30 years to materialize, so instead, we dematerialized; I’ve been consulting Continue Reading ...