Category: Blog

  • A week in July – the value of Experiential Learning – Part 1

    It’s day 1 of a 5 day workshop I’m undertaking, my purpose: to build a skin on frame ( SOF) kayak, a modern day interpretation of the Inuit’s primary vehicle. I arrive at 8.30 to meet my traveling companions for this journey. There’s David – the visionary host who runs Forestvale Design Centre on South…

  • Leadership Aglity Conference follow ups

    We’ve had fantastic feedback following the “Leadership Agility in a Dramatically Changing World” conference. You can download the conference papers at our latest news page – http://humaningredient.com.au/latest-news – but we were delighted with the spirit of inquiry and co=operation developed with the conference delegates. Our idea of creating a conference which had the potential to…

  • On Regrets

    I’ve been thinking a bit lately about what happens when we age. This has been prompted by my own father recently being admitted to a high care aged facility. He’s in his early 80’s, is a dialysis patient, has congestive heart failure and also suffers from gradual onset of dementia. I found myself reading Kathleen…

  • A word on the power of difference

    The potential power and creativity between extreme opposites is immense when each person accepts the others differences as being legitimate, stimulating, and enhancing. When the number of people increases, even greater creative potential develops – along with greater potential difficulties. When the number of people is increased, tribal patterns can come into play. Then what…

  • Entry and Contracting 1

    Entry and contracting are two terms that are often used to describe the process that consultants conduct as they start to explore a client’s system. Generally it means that you find a point at which to “enter” the system, usually with a contact client. The “contracting” is what happens when you meet, often about building…