Theatre of the mind – Ted Williams & dancing with dichotomy
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Change management & wellness, Conflict resolution
Theatre of the mind. That’s what Ted Williams, the homeless man who has become a Youtube sensation, calls radio. That’s some perspective. Especially considering his background. As someone who has fought the demons of drugs and alcohol and who has made his home on the streets, his velvety voice is at odds with his appearance. […]
Tags: dancing with dichotomy, new year, perspective, ted williams, theatre of the mind
Time for audience participation (that means you): we see what we expect to see
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Creativity & innovation, Diversity & culture
I love traveling by train so when I found myself on the platform in Amsterdam looking for the right platform I was like a kid looking forward to an ice cream cone on a hot summer’s day. (The fact that I was headed to Paris didn’t hurt either.) Despite a well-organized system though I couldn’t […]
Tags: John Lubbock, life lenses, perspective, telus, thalys, worldview
20 Awesomely Untranslatable Words from Around the World
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Diversity & culture
Know what Toska means? How about Jayus? Jason White wrote an article about ’20 awesomely untranslatable worlds from around the world for Matador Abroad. Toska and jayus are two of 20 untranslatable (or at least tough to translate) words from other languages. Toska is a Russian word meaning “great spiritual anguish, often without any specific […]
Tags: facts, head life lens, heart life lens, intuition, jason white, life lenses, matador abroad, perspective
Ditching dichotomous thinking: blending old & new
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Business & organizational development, Change management & wellness
Dichotomous thinking gets us into trouble. old / new love / hate either / or yes / no black / white right / wrong Forcing our brain to think along these dichotomous lines causes us to loose opportunities, get boxed into a corner and what’s more makes creativity and innovation tank. How about viewing the […]
Tags: amsterdam, continuum, dichotomous thinking, gerd junne, life lenses, perspective
The blind leading the blind … literally
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Business & organizational development, Diversity & culture, Training & development
Remember the old joke about 3 blind men describing an elephant? One man, holding the tail, describes it entirely differently than another man who is touching its truck, which is yet again different from the man touching its tusk. Perspective. It can be a potential killer. Limited perspective can kill ideas, creativity, critical thinking, innovation, […]
Tags: blind, life lenses, perspective, seeing clearly
Ingunn Aursunes’s views on seeing clearly
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Communication, Training & development
Ingunn Aursunes of Quantum Leap Consulting in Norway, talks about how to see clearly in the clip I interviewed her for below. She speaks eloquently about ‘listening for other things than what our ears can capture.’ Sounds like a smart Heart Life Lens™ to me.
Tags: Ingunn Aursunes, life lenses, perspective, quantum leap consulting, seeing clearly, self-assessment, WIN conference
Not paying attention as a trainer can make you take an unwanted bath
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Human resources, Training & development
I once took a university course, early Friday mornings at 8:30 am, with only 3 others in the class. There was another painful aspect to it other than the early hour. The professor lectured from notes so old they were yellowed. Plus his monotonous tone matched the static nature of his notes. Mother of mertle […]
Tags: attention, learning & development, life lenses, perspective, training & development
The view from Dolores Umbridge (Harry Potter) on a bad, very bad day
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Human resources, Training & development
The word’s aflutter with the release of the new Harry Potter movie, which made my kids take the opportunity to watch a previous version, specifically the Order of the Phoenix. We were all snuggled up in bed watching when it occurred to me that the character Dolores Umbridge is a great example of a worldview, […]
Tags: delores umbridge, harry potter, learning & development, life lenses, perspective, worldview
Seeing clearly through the eyes of Lydia Nakayenze
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Communication, Diversity & culture, Travel
Lydia Nakayenze is as colourful in character as the outfit she’s wearing below. Originally from Uganda, she’s living and studying in Germany at the moment. I met her at the Women’s International Networking conference in Paris, where she spoke to me about her ideas on seeing clearly. It’s easy for our vision to be cloudy. […]
Tags: Lydia Nakayenze, perspective, seeing clearly, self-assessment, WIN conference
Seeing clearly through the eyes of Eszter Debreczeni, HR lead for Microsoft
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Diversity & culture, Training & development
Eszter Debreczeni is Human Resources lead for Central and Eastern Europe, Microsoft. I met her recently at the WIN conference in Paris, where inspired by Life Lenses™ a self-assessment designed to help us identify how we see the world, she spoke to me about her ideas on seeing clearly. Clarity of vision is key. Key […]
Tags: assessment, eszter debreczeni, life lenses, perspective, seeing clearly, self-assessment