What Kind of World Do You Want?
Big ideas and proven strategies to create the future you desire ... with Jim Lord
Last week, I told you I’d let you in on my conversation with Dick Boysen. The question on the table was this: How could a routine strategic plan have shattered their confidence in themselves, and done more harm than good? More to the point, what could we do about it? Inspired to the core “You… Click to continue »
Dick Boysen, executive director of the Guilds’ School and Neuromuscular Center in Spokane, Washington, called me on the phone one day. “We’re just finishing up our strategic planning, and you know how I try to stay away from ‘stinkin’ thinking,’” he told me. “But I’ve got to admit it: the staff is feeling beaten up…. Click to continue »
Being authentically different draws the people you want and lets you stand out. Here’s what I mean … Click to continue »
Might it be worth a small investment of time to come up with a question that generates powerful action? A question that lets us dream more boldly and be confident that we can actually do what we dream? Click to continue »
Here’s how Marcela Rovzar cleared the decks for some real progress. It’s the toughest job I’ve ever seen a founder or board chair take on. (Indeed, most will avoid it at all costs.) Click to continue »
What can happen if you start in a new place — just for part of one board meeting? Could you get some new oomph into the room? And how might that new perspective ripple outward, influencing your community? Click to continue »
Marketing can provide some powerful tools, but genuine social innovation calls for different ways of working that release the power within people. They already want to do big things, and are just waiting for you to lay the road to make it possible. Click to continue »
Everything you see on this web site is founded on the methods and perspective of appreciative inquiry (even if the term itself is pretty much missing). Get a quick overview of this powerful approach here. Click to continue »
What will move us forward both quickly and effectively? Do we spend time dissecting and attempting to solve all the problems we can find, or do we lift our gaze to our capabilities and worth — as seen in our best moments — so we can go straight to a higher level? Click to continue »
AI asks us to pay special attention to “the best of the past and present” — in order to “ignite the collective imagination of what might be.” It’s an exciting way to take human enterprise to its next level, and to inspire people, for the benefit of us all. Click to continue »
In the pages of What Kind of World Do You Want? you’ll find proven ways to enliven civic life, ignite confidence, and inspire people to act.
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Catholic Relief Services, Belgrade, Serbia
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