Source: Walden (Chapter 18)Be a Columbus to whole new continents and worlds within you, opening new channels, not of trade, but of thought.
Every man is the lord of a realm beside which the earthly empire of the Czar is but a petty state, a hummock left by the ice.
Yet some can be patriotic who have no self-respect, and sacrifice the greater to the less.
They love the soil which makes their graves, but have no sympathy with the spirit which may still animate their clay.
Credit: Henry David Thoreau
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Conversational Leadership Workshop
In-person, 7–11 September 2026
Warbrook House, Hampshire, UK
In-person, 7–11 September 2026
Warbrook House, Hampshire, UK
We are living and working in conditions of uncertainty, complexity, and rapid change. This week-long workshop with David Gurteen and John Hovell offers a space to practise Conversational Leadership as a shared, lived experience.
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