New beginnings in uncertain times

It’s been 2017 for over two weeks now, so we’ve all had a chance to make our New Year’s resolutions and to fail at them. Don’t worry, this isn’t a blog post about why you shouldn’t make New Year’s Resolutions. I wrote that one a few years ago (TL/DR: New Year’s resolutions generally backfire as […]

What we talk about when we talk about Trump

As anyone not living under a rock must know by now, Donald Trump is the Republican candidate for president. Depending on your perspective this is either a vital breath of fresh air in a stale and corrupt political process or a completely terrifying, if predictable, result of decades of irresponsible and bigoted right-wing rhetoric. A […]

On listening

“The purest form of listening is to listen without memory or desire” – Wilfred Bion As a newcomer to the fields of group relations and organizational change, I approach this blog more as a learner than anything else. I intend to use this space to explore the history of, practice of, and issues arising from […]