Powerful questions are those that, in the answering, evoke a choice for accountability and commitment. Credit: Peter Block Posts where this quotation is embedded Actor-network Theory (ANT) Actor-Network Theory Cicero’s Sermo ** Conversari Death Café At a Death Café people drink tea, eat cake and discuss death Flipped Teaching Speech is a bad medium for communicating information – so … Continue reading Powerful Questions Evoke a Choice for Accountability and Commitment Peter Block
In the industrial age, leadership was a position. In the knowledge age, leadership is a choice. Credit: Stephen R. Covey Posts where this quotation is embedded Actor-network Theory (ANT) Actor-Network Theory Cicero’s Sermo ** Conversari Death Café At a Death Café people drink tea, eat cake and discuss death Flipped Teaching Speech is a bad medium for communicating information … Continue reading In the Knowledge Age, Leadership Is a Choice Stephen R. Covey
Are leaders born or made? This is a false dichotomy – leaders are neither born nor made. Leaders choose to be leaders. Credit: Stephen R. Covey Posts where this quotation is embedded Actor-network Theory (ANT) Actor-Network Theory Cicero’s Sermo ** Conversari Death Café At a Death Café people drink tea, eat cake and discuss death Flipped Teaching Speech is … Continue reading Are Leaders Born or Made? Stephen R. Covey
The power to create a future requires us to choose to be accountable. To be accountable, among other things, means you act as an owner and part creator of whatever it is that you wish to improve. In the absence of this, you are in the position of effect, not cause … a powerless stance. To be accountable … Continue reading Choose to Be Accountable Peter Block
The last of human freedoms — the ability to choose one’s attitude in a given set of circumstances. Credit: Viktor Frankl Posts where this quotation is embedded Actor-network Theory (ANT) Actor-Network Theory Cicero’s Sermo ** Conversari Death Café At a Death Café people drink tea, eat cake and discuss death Flipped Teaching Speech is a bad medium for communicating … Continue reading The Last of Human Freedoms Viktor Frankl
In the space between stimulus (what happens) and how we respond, lies our freedom to choose. Ultimately, this power to choose is what defines us as human beings. We may have limited choices, but we can always choose. We can choose our thoughts, emotions, moods, our words, our actions; we can choose our values and … Continue reading In the Space Between Stimulus and Response Lies Our Freedom to Choose Stephen Covey
Gurteen Knowledge Blog September 3, 2022, 16:22When I first started to think about Conversational Leadership, one of the foundational principles I wrote about was the need for us all to take responsibility for the changes we wish to see in the world. But that was six years ago, and I have since read and reflected more … Continue reading Take Responsibility There are several ways in which to take more responsibility for our lives
Knowledge Only Exists in the Mind Knowledge and Information Management (KIM) Close Pop-up all posts in this chapter Agency is our ability to make intentional choices and act independently, shaping our lives and identities. The challenge is transitioning from acquiring knowledge to actively using it in the real world. We need to embrace the dynamic … Continue reading From Knowledge to Agency Developing agency in a changing world – cultivating the capacity to act
Politics Is Life Lashon Hara Close Pop-up all posts in this chapter We often complain that we have no choice, but we all have the freedom to choose if we choose to. How many times have you said or have you heard someone say, “But I’ve got no choice.” We always have a choice, even … Continue reading We All Have the Freedom to Choose If We Choose To The last of human freedoms
