What’s at Stake?     

What’s at Stake?     

Today, our world holds a deep need for social transformation. Many of us are leading or innovating broad cultural shifts for this transformation. Our work is to build trust in our understanding and to create confidence in our listener’s knowledge so that they will...
On Being a Neophyte: Comfort in the Unknown

On Being a Neophyte: Comfort in the Unknown

I had the distinct pleasure of being invited to a workshop at a preeminent downtown theater in New York City. The Critical Response feedback process by Liz Lerman was being taught by none other than Liz Lerman herself. I had heard of this process through playwriting...
When your Moods and Emotions can keep you on the outside

When your Moods and Emotions can keep you on the outside

I worked with a client who had a strong personality. He arrived from his former organization where conflict was normalized to his new firm that had a more mature environment. Having had been a single contributor and now having to work with and manage a team, he was at...
Rapport is Like Singing in a Choir

Rapport is Like Singing in a Choir

Having Rapport with people is like singing in a choir. When we are aligned in Rapport with people, things are so seamless and satisfying. It’s like singing in a choir. We are far more likely to stay in tune because we have all those “voices” around us already singing...