by Bryan Ungard | Nov 6, 2017 | Management
A book review, Carol Sanford, The Regenerative Business I’ve been a leader in a Developmental Learning Organization for more than a decade and although we’ve been recognized as an innovator in the world of developmental businesses, Carol shows me that we’ve only just...
by Bryan Ungard | Feb 3, 2017 | Deliberate Development, Life Lessons, Spirituality
Self-development is never safe, but it shouldn’t harm either. Yes, it’s a painful process full of hurt, anxiety, and uncertainty, but it is also full of connection, warmth, and joy. Our attention seems drawn to the pain. Why is it so painful? Our habitual patterns of...
by Bryan Ungard | Jan 9, 2017 | Deliberate Development, Innovation, Management
What does it mean to create places for people to develop? It starts with the acknowledgement that you cannot develop another person. Perhaps you can help people develop themselves, you can certainly hinder another’s development. What does it mean to develop? I would...
by Bryan Ungard | Oct 22, 2016 | Medium
It is an act of faith that the laws of physics still work — that the air flowing over the wings will lift us; that the plane is airworthy; that the flight crew is competent and on-the-ball; that all the details have been attended to that will allow this plane to once...
by Bryan Ungard | Jul 25, 2016 | Medium, Organization, Organizational Culture
Work is love made visible — Kahlil Gibran Nothing becomes real unless you practice it — Thich Nhat Hahn I’m told that the American psychiatrist Scott Peck said “love is a behavior, not a feeling.” I’ll leave it to the philosophers and poets to argue whether this is...
