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, […]
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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
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. […]
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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 […]
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Seeing clearly in the eyes of Maggy Barankitse, Founder Maison Shalom
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Communication, Training & development
There are those who walk among us, whose mere presence is enough to command respect, to cause one’s eyeballs to pivot forward and focus with intensity, to straighten one’s shoulders, lift one’s head and vow to do better, to be better. Marguerite ‘Maggy’ Barankitse is one such person. Maggy, pictured above with myself, is founder […]
Tags: house of peace, life lenses, Maggy Barankitse, Maguerite Barankitse, Maison Shalom, perspective, seeing clearly, self-assessment, WIN conference
What it takes to see clearly in Senator & Minister of State Ms. Malahoo’s view
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Business & organizational development, Training & development, Travel
I recently had the honour of hearing Ms. Malahoo, Senator and Minister of State for Jamaica, speak at the W.I.N. conference in Paris. She was dynamic, engaging and articulate. She graciously agreed to be videotaped, speaking about what it takes in her view to see clearly. We’re all inundated with things to do, places to […]
Tags: life lenses, Marlene Malahoo, perspective, seeing clearly