Exploring Mind and Consciousness in the workplace
I recently initiated a webinar series “Exploring Mind and Consciousness” in Leadership Learning, in which we use neuroscience research to understand human inner processes. By being conscious of that, we’re taking the first step of awareness, in order to pave the way for any kind of transformation.
A time to reflect
This has been a special month for me. Since the news broke out regarding nCov virus shortly before the Chinese new year, my wechat pages were occupied by all kinds of news, initiatives, reflections from my family and friends in China. Among them, this 12min...
The Art and the Craft – Transactional Analysis for workplace dynamics
Recently I face some challenges. In the organizational development space, facing challenges for me practically means there is movement in what I do, this is one way that I cultivate resilience. Nonetheless, every now and then I face new types of challenges that sparks insights or prompts me to look for patterns and phycological theories that help me make sense of the patterns. This time it is Transactional Analysis (TA) that particularly came to my mind. I use TA in my coaching sessions if the coachee’s situation reflects non-symbiosis or unhealthy symbiosis. Having the awareness of our own state will also support us in analyzing our workplace interactions. These interactions together will form the workplace culture.
Event: Mindfulness in Times of Change
Do you know, that you live in an increasingly VUCA world?Volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous…How can we efficiently adapt to all the changes around us? Mindfulness may be an answer. Drawing on a history of 2500 years of mind studies, mindfulness teaches a...
“By community for community” – how we organize the Agile Tour 2019 Zurich
As we’re ramping up the organization of Agile Tour 2019 in Zurich, we’d like to share how we organize and operate during this process. Self-organization to be one example and financial transparency another. In this piece I’d like to mainly touch upon how we...
On negativity, confrontation and courage
This is my spontaneous reflection on negativity, harmony, fear, confrontation and courage. Such an interesting thought process where I learnt a lot about my tendency of maintaining harmony, nonetheless, I quickly realized to support the system, creating transparency...
Agile Tour 2019 – my journey with the cross boundary self-organized team
We’re proud to announce that the Agile Tour Zurich 2019 will be held on 22 Nov 2019 in Baden ABB Power Tower Auditorium. Agile Tour is a series of non-profit events aimed at communicating Agile practices at large scale. The mission is to create leaderships and...
Agile Baden meetup – Holacracy
Really excited to host the Agile community meetup in Power Tower. It’s interesting and inspiring to hear the story of Frank, whose company Netcentric did the first holacracy implementation in Europe and the 2nd in the world with over 300 people. I’m familiar with many...
Agile Team in Action – A simulation on how to self-organize
Why should your organization be agile? What does "agility" really mean? And how do you become "agile"? In this meetup you can experience the answers first-hand: The simulation "Agile Team in Action" provides a context where you are facing the challenges of a complex...
十日内观禅修体验 Vipassana meditation with S.N. Goenka tradition
This piece I noted down after my first Vipassana experience in April 2014 参加了葛印卡老师的10日内观禅修课程(Vipassana)，受益匪浅，忍不住要写下感受。...
“Pull” vs “Push” – why I foster grassroots communities
Recently I was asked why I promote grassroots communities with such passion. Indeed I’ve never given much thought about it as it all seemed so natural for me. Now reflecting on this question, I guess it’s because I’ve tasted the power of “pull” rather than “push”....
To Thine Own Self Be True
“To Thine Own Self Be True” – William Shakespeare
The more authentic and honest you are in your interaction with the world, both professionally and personally, the better you will be placed to do the kind of work which will touch others and move their hearts and minds. This is honestly the best interpretation I’ve heard. I was really touched and inspired by the truthfulness of his words.
Dialogues on Societal Transformation with Otto Scharmer
With much curiousity, today I joined the first dialogue of the Societal Transformation series from the Presencing Institute. I was touched by the collective intention of creating a better way of life, shifting from closed to open, connecting head, heart and hand....
The art and the craft – thoughts continued
Today I had the rare luxury of being alone, some thoughts feel like emerging. Naturally after some time of transition, to a different country, a different organizational culture and a different way of working since I started my own adventure (ich-AG as said in...
The Art and Craft of a change agent
My journey moving to Switzerland and into new territory of transformation I’ve not been writing a lot lately because there were and still are a lot of logistics to deal with. Now I have an opportunity to reflect on my journey coming to Switzerland, and it seems just...
A conclusion and a new beginning
About my transformational journey and the broadening path to carry on Yesterday was the Chinese new year’s day, and this is the last month that I’m with Siemens. So with a slightly sentimental feeling, I sent out a farewell letter to colleagues whom I...
Guided meditation audios for Mindfulness 8-week course
Recently I’ve received some encouraging feedback about the effect of mindfulness practices. In order to support the daily practice during the mindfulness 8-week course, here I’d like to offer some guided meditation audio files. I'll offer more along the way if this is...
Podcast: Trust of our inner wisdom – the clash of two different level of consciousness and an optimistic view of the future
In this conversation, we touched upon the multiple divides of our current system. What is breaking in our current way of operating, and my optimistic view of believing in the inner wisdom of people, and that we’re able to co-create the future we want to live in. What...
Podcast: A turning point in my journey – why building the space for people’s self awakening is important
In this short conversation, I’ve reflected on my turning point of focusing on fostering personal transformation. Indeed my career path is an interesting one, from Industrial Engineering, supply chain management, to the passion of sustainability and the work on...
Podcast: From “control” to “flow” – the beauty of letting go of control so that collective intelligence can strive
This podcast is about my personal journey and reflections of letting go of control and allow the flow to flourish I recently met up with a fellow organizational developer, Martin from Berlin, who’s work is very much engaged in fostering self organization for the next...