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Finding Ground
“Ground is the place to go when overwhelmed with thoughts and fears. It can hold our confusion with unwavering presence. We can source the earth’s
Cléo Burke
April 9, 2020
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Insights From the Field
by Ten Directions
Insights, essays, perspectives, and lessons learned while working in the field of facilitative leadership. Authors include our staff, as well as guest contributors.
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Innovation, Freefall and Not-Knowing
“The bad news is you’re falling through the air, nothing to hang on to, no parachute. The good news is, there’s no ground.” ~Chögyam Trungpa
Alana Felt
May 14, 2019
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conflict
#MeToo: On Perspectives, Listening, and Risk Taking
I was in a meeting recently discussing the take down of Harvey Weinstein and others accused of sexual harassment, and the rise of the #metoo
Diane Musho Hamilton
January 10, 2018
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Emergence
Let Emergence Facilitate You
Emergence. A word filled with openness, possibilities, and novelty. I often witness it with teams I work with, and it is truly beautiful to
Dave Jacques
November 5, 2017
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Anxiety
Big Fear, Big Opportunity
While I’m not aware of my fears all the time, when facilitating groups, my “big fear” becomes very alive. Will I be able to
Marcia Kodama
October 19, 2017
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Collaboration
Listening beyond the Great Divide
“I hate this exercise,” she announced in moment of quiet as the group sat working diligently on their own. “I am sick of
Lisa Gibson
October 4, 2017
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Courage
Clarifying purpose. Being mindful. Cultivating resilience.
I have been trying to find purpose and meaning in my life for a long time. Looking back, I would say at least since
Alex Streubel
September 13, 2017
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Complexity
Notes from the Field: Presence as the Ground of True Preparation
As a psychologist and political scientist, I always felt drawn to two “acupuncture points”; engaging systemic structures and causes that give rise to deeply
Nina Nisar
August 14, 2017
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Anxiety
The Liberating Question We Don’t Ask Ourselves
A few years ago, I was asked to work with the board of a housing co-op who were having issues around workload equity. Resentments
Amanda Suutari
June 14, 2017
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agility
Leveraging Our Past
“Let’s have a working lunch so we can make sure to get through all the content.” When a client says something like that
Amy Pasquale
June 7, 2017
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authentic leadership
Want to Change? Go Further Upstream
Recently I was hired to work with an intact team whose presenting issue was poor communication, with associated breakdowns in collaboration and decision-making. They knew
Lauren Tenney
May 10, 2017
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Learning to Flow With Our Emotions
In this 1-minute video clip below, Diane Musho Hamilton shares her insights about the fluid and dynamic quality of emotions. She describes our human tendency to either
Diane Musho Hamilton
April 17, 2017
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Courage
Feedback Fuels Our Growth
Twenty years ago, I made my debut as an organizational psychologist. Perhaps influenced by academics and my former life as an accountant, my envisioned ideal
Nina Jensen
March 14, 2017
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