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The VUCA-Savvy Leader:

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The VUCA-Savvy Leader:

Developing Personal and Organizational Capacity to Thrive in Complex Times, by Dr. Joel and Michelle Levey

Watch for our article titled The VUCA Savvy Leader in MWorld, Summer Edition 2013, for The American Management Association.

VUCA is an acronym coined by leaders at the War College to describe the modern day battle field, which is Volatile, Uncertain, Chaotic/Complex, and Ambiguous. Developing our personal and collective capacity to live and work in such a world is both an opportunity and a challenge. We’ll ...

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Categories: Change Resilience

Compassion Games – Survival of the Kindest – Begins Today

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Compassion Games – Survival of the Kindest – Begins Today

The Compassion Games – Survival of the Kindest begin today!

For the past few months our leadership team at Wisdom at Work have been working to help envision, develop, and launch the Compassion Games in Seattle Sept. 21- Oct. 22, 2012 .   We invite those of your in the NW to get involved (along with our cosponsor United Way) and for those of you in other communities – to consider how such an initiative might play out in your region. ...

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SEP
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Categories: Compassionate Cities Initiative, Meditation and Medicine

Visionary Arts

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Where do our visionary inspirations come from?

How can we become more adept at resonantly aligning ourselves with the source of visionary guidance?

How can the inner sciences and technologies of the contemplative wisdom traditions help us to open ourselves to source the downloads that inspire our visionary lives?

Drawing insights from 40 years of personal exploration, the Leveys guide our deep reflection regarding these questions and introduce you to a spectrum of meditative skilful means for activating your own creative visionary potential.

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AUG
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Categories: Wisdom at Work

Reflections on Wisdom, Wellness, and Wholeness

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Reflections on Wisdom, Wellness, and Wholeness

[Originally published on Huffington Post]

On the full moon of May we landed in Thailand and were met by our friend Hajar. “Oh, you have timed your arrival perfectly, this is the Vesak, the celebration of the enlightenment of the Buddha. This is a three-day holiday and the whole country is very happy!” Can you imagine living in a country that has a three-day national holiday dedicated to affirming and celebrating the potential for yourself — and all ...

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JUN
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Categories: Living in Balance

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David Suzuki: an Elder’s Vision for our Sustainable Future

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A talk by the brilliant David Suzuki.

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MAY
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Categories: Blog, Living in Balance

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Potent Conversations

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Potent Conversations

This past week we’ve been in the Bay Area meeting with friends, colleagues, and luminaries in various transformational movements.

No better time than the present to start our new blog. This is our first post!

May the conversation be fruitful, for the benefit of all.

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MAY
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Categories: Blog, Change Resilience, Compassionate Cities Initiative, Data & Results, Events, Hawaii & Adventure Based Programs, Living in Balance, Meditation and Medicine, Mind Fitness, Stories, Thriving in “VUCA” Times, Wisdom at Work

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Metta Lovingkindness Meditation

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Metta Lovingkindness Meditation

Metta Lovingkindness Meditation with Joel and Michelle Levey.

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JAN
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Categories: Mind Fitness

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The Circle of Wholeness: New Year’s Reflections

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The Circle of Wholeness: New Year’s Reflections

[Originally published on Huffington Post]

While the holidays, solstice and New Year may present a myriad of complexities and distractions, this season also offers the opportunity to pause and reflect more deeply on your life, to clarify priorities and affirm clear directions and intentions for the year to come.

As the old year draws to a close and a new cycle is about to begin, it’s a good time to contemplate the patterns of relationship that weave the various systems ...

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DEC
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Categories: Living in Balance

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Sample Page

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This is an example page. It’s different from a blog post because it will stay in one place and will show up in your site navigation (in most themes). Most people start with an About page that introduces them to potential site visitors. It might say something like this:

Hi there! I’m a bike messenger by day, aspiring actor by night, and this is my blog. I live in Los Angeles, have a great dog named Jack, and I like piña ...

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NOV
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Categories: Uncategorized