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A Job is Not Necessarily a “Thing” to “Do”
Normal thought generally fits normal language. In normal language, the subject of a sentence, as in “my job needs me to do X”, is considered to be a person, place or thing. Given that a job isn’t apparently a person … Continue reading
Posted in Connected Self, Fulfillment, Power, Unfolding
Tagged organizational consulting, organizational development
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Skip the Resolutions — Take On Consistent, Timely, Development Instead
New Years resolutions have a weak reputation. Few would stake their lives on it. Even so, many stake a piece of their future on it. And yet, a fresh year does seem to call for something to mark the changeover. I … Continue reading
Right People, Right Place, Right Time with the Right Stuff
It is a matter of common sense that work and productivity go better if the right people are in the right jobs. Too bad common sense stops short of saying how one might go about telling who is the right … Continue reading
Do Organizations Have An Unconscious?
Many psychologists are quite comfortable with the notion that individual people’s actions are often less than rational. They say that this can be accounted for by “unconscious” drivers. The nature and scope of speculations regarding the so-called “unconscious” have gone … Continue reading
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Tagged organizational development, personal development
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An Alternate Grammar (for Fulfillment)
If the difference between considering oneself to be a person (a “personhood” orientation) or considering oneself to be a “connected self” (more “a Way of Unfolding Life” — see prior post) has a marked impact on the chances for living … Continue reading
Unfolding as a Timing
If I were pushed to summarize the essence of the Contegrity Approach in a single phrase, I would say, “unfolding Life into a fulfillment.” Obviously, the three key terms there are “unfolding“, “Life“, and “fulfillment“. Let’s see if we can unpack … Continue reading
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Unfolding Power
The third leg of the Contegrity Approach’s “triangle of fulfillment” is “power“. In all likelihood, what I mean by power, and what people normally think of as power, have little to do with each other. This discrepancy is quite parallel to … Continue reading
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Engaging in “What’s Fitting” vs. Just “Fitting In”
The second aspect of the “Triangle of Fulfillment” (see earlier post) that I would like to address further is that of “fit“. There are many senses of use of the term “fit“. The closest usage to what I mean here is … Continue reading
Freedom From vs. Freedom For
As a follow-up to the Primer Regarding Fulfillment post, I’d like to address each of the three aspects of the “triangle of fulfillment” — Free, Fitting, and Powerful. First, I’d like to address Free or Freedom. (And let us recognize and … Continue reading
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A Primer Regarding Fulfillment
Contegrity Wisdom takes as the aim of its work addressing the question, “What fulfills a human life?” It does not settle for what adjusts a human life, what makes for a successful human life, or what makes life fun and … Continue reading