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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
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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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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availability
Are You Focused on Outcomes That Are Too Small?
As aspiring individuals and coaches alike, we are often inherently biased towards short term outcomes. Maybe as a coach, you’re looking ahead at six
Rob McNamara
August 25, 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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Facilitator as Agent of Coherence
I first encountered Diane Musho Hamilton in 2006 at an Integral Weekend Experiential Training (iWET), where we explored Integral Theory, experienced Big Mind, and worked
Brian Turner
July 19, 2017
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adaptive leadership
Where Are You Orienting From?
It’s 2001 and I’m standing on an elevated ridge in the White Mountains of Maine in the United States. My map is laid out in
Rob McNamara
July 12, 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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Inquiry
Who’s Tugging at Your Shirttails?
In a recent conversation with a participant from the Integral Facilitator Certificate Program, we talked about taking a facilitation risk at the front of the
Cindy Lou Golin
May 31, 2017
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adaptive leadership
The Developmental Imperative For Coaches and Consultants
Geologists have identified five mass extinctions in Earth’s history. Yet as the vast majority of life has been wiped out, our planet has continued to
Rob McNamara & Pete Strom
May 24, 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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On Getting Comfortable With Our Emotions
In this short video clip below, Diane Musho Hamilton shares her wisdom about how emotional maturity increases alongside our willingness to feel our own difficult emotions such
Diane Musho Hamilton
April 27, 2017
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