Author: Claire Maria Ford

• Walk out and walk on.

  

  Departures and new beginnings. Was your year like that? Mine sure was. Some unintentional, some deliberate. But that’s a story for another day. One thing is sure, I’m going into the new year with these words: walk out and walk on. Both actions. Not just one, without the other. In her book, Walk Out and…

  Claire Maria Ford

  December 31, 2020

  New Year

  connection, Margaret J. Wheatley, mission, purpose, resolve, social change, walk out and walk on

• Are we co-creating yet?

  

  So what did you read this year? I read some amazing books on topics such as leadership, appreciative inquiry, facilitation, coaching, language and communication. As an ESL teacher and leadership and coaching student, the ideas presented in these books fed me all kinds of stimulating thought matter. Thought of the year: co-creation However, if I…

  Claire Maria Ford

  December 30, 2020

  leadership

  Adam Kahane, authentic leadership, Daniele Darmouni, David Marquet, Diana Whitney & Amanda Trosten-Bloom, diversity, empathy, Jay Oren-Sofer, leadership, listening, Mindfulness, nvc, Otto Scharmer, social change

• The Tale of Or, But ‘n And

  

  One day three words went for a walk. They followed a path through the forest until the trail suddenly came to an end. They had come to a huge rushing river. “What are we going to do?”, they wondered aloud. “Do we swim or walk around?”, asked Or.   “Swim?! But I don’t even know…

  Claire Maria Ford

  November 30, 2020

  problem-solving