Reality of Possibility
I heard an account of two friends who recently had a reunion. They had both once worked in the same […]
I heard an account of two friends who recently had a reunion. They had both once worked in the same […]
As we become more internally directed, it changes how we see our work. Many people have jobs. Fewer people have […]
We received a message from a person who has been in a senior role for ten years. Because of external […]
Jeevan Sivasubramaniam works at BK publishers. When BK published The Positive Organization Jeevan wrote a piece in their newsletter that […]
Positive passages are meant to challenge the conventional way of thinking, to jolt people into seeing new possibilities.
Even in the greatest skeptic, there is a spark of hope, a desire for a more positive experience. The job of a leader is to light that spark in the people, by helping their teams to see the possibilities they cannot see.
When the relationships between people are enriched the whole system begins to flourish. When people experience flourishing, they do things that are not done in normal, fear-based organizations.
After the visit to Zingerman’s, the CEO and his people were scheduled to visit me. I assumed that I would need to overcome resistance. I was wrong. I did not need to explain anything about positive organizing because the people were “on fire” with their own ideas.
Then George made an extraordinary claim. Since he opened his gallery many years ago, he has seen 15 other galleries open and then go out of business. He says he flourishes because he never varies from his professional life purpose.
As a listener I was particularly taken by the fact that everyone has the potential to make a positive difference in the world.