Authenticity and communication
Guest post by Zsolt Mohacsi Piero Manzoni: Artist’s Shit (Merda d’artista), 1961 * Il mare agitato How to communicate more authentically? In short, the answer is: by being more authentic. Being authentic means following the maxim “know thyself”, as ancient Greeks advised. It means being aware of one’s true identity and...
AWAKING YOUR INNER BLACKSMITH
Author: François Weber How do you feel when you are cut off in the middle of expressing a beautiful thought? Authentic Organization coaching modules for teams are structural approaches to discuss several aspects of topical subjects in organizations. For some of the modules, a most striking feature is the strict time limit for...
The self, a practical view
Author: François Weber Podcast In a recent podcast with Gerard van der Molen, we discuss several ideas about the self. We approach the self by first considering the three actors representing the self in our language; Me, Myself, and I. Then we move to the identity of the self, and finally, we speak about the …...
The metaphysics of success
Perhaps there’s nothing that fascinates post-modern man more than success. Why this is or how it came to be so is not interesting for us this time – I addressed this question in many posts and podcasts and dedicated a good portion of my book to various aspects of this question. This will be just …...
Melting flakes
On several levels, it has become more than acceptable that people don’t do what they say: it has become – slowly and insidiously – the “norm”. This may mean breaking seemingly small promises, like “I’ll get back to you on this” or “I’ll be there by 10am” to seemingly big ones, like breach of contracts; …...
The differential man
Guest post by François Weber Can contradicting thought patterns be a source of creativity? How can we allow our contradicting thoughts to be in a productive dynamic interaction? The differential gear; mechanical sense versus logical contradiction. A differential is a set of gears allowing a car’s driven wheels to revolve at...
Another way to do business
Bureaucracy is a dangerous path. Like any other, this one also has a trajectory: it “evolves” and as it does, it becomes more dangerous. A typical bureaucrat in the 19th century, for example, lacked ambition beyond just doing everything by the book, or found pleasure in maintaining order meticulously, keeping his own ambition in...
The old-new abnormal
Guest Post by Zsolt Mohacsi The Old-New Abnormal Feature image: Giorgio de Chirico: Metaphysical Triangle (1958).Source: Wikiart.org Calamity is what blessings depend upon.In blessings there hides the calamity.Who knows the ultimate end of the cycle of calamity and blessings?Is there no true principle that exists?The normal may revert...
On Bullshit and Authenticity
Guest post by Zsolt Mohacsi *** Maximizing interactive action-items and engineering mission-critical paradigms by leveraging customized experiences through the facilitation of vertical interfaces. You and I are beings of the totality; we realize that this life is nothing short of an ennobling fusion of life-affirming conscious living,...
