In the wake of the recent G20 in Toronto, my friend Annahid and I were talking about the state of social change movements today. Annahid has been on the front lines of social change her whole life, and is founder and senior partner of Anima Leadership Institute in Toronto, which offers leadership programs for individuals, [...]
This past week I was in Yachats attending the Mindell’s seminar, and pondering the question they were posing, what moves you? Writing about motivation, leadership and learning, we can begin to forget this question and think that ‘I move myself.’ I decide. I lead. I determine a course of action, what strategies to take, what [...]
Julie Diamond, Ph.D. is a trainer, organizational consultant and coach based in Portland, Oregon. She has been working in the field of human and organizational change for over 25 years. Her work utilizes the Process-oriented model, which identifies and leverages the innovation and opportunities often hidden in challenges to growth.Contact Julie at julie@juliediamond.net.
Last week news broke that 15 year-old Phoebe Prince killed herself after months of harassment and bullying by her classmates at a South Hadley, MA high school. School administrators initially denied knowing anything about it, even though Prince’s mother had complained to school officials, and a renowned bullying expert had been called in to consult [...]
This past week I was in Yachats attending the Mindell’s seminar, and pondering the question they were posing, what moves you? Writing about motivation, leadership and learning, we can begin to forget this question and think that ‘I move myself.’ I decide. I lead. I determine a course of action, what strategies to take, what [...]
Last week the American Psychiatric Associations released a draft of DSM-V, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. The final version is set to come out in May 2013. It has a number of proposed revisions which have been widely blogged about, including a new diagnosis of hypersexuality. In just about every post I’ve [...]
