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Leadership Matters: A Force for Greater Good

by Yabome Gilpin-Jackson | Jan 31, 2021 | Leadership, Organizational Development, Social Change

Dear Leader, Photo by Kiana Bosman on Unsplash I want to remind you that leadership matters as a force for greater good in the world, and that this is part of your job description. Here are two stories to illustrate what I mean. I remember being in a leadership...

Social Change Will Take All of Us… “By the crowd we have been broken, by the crowd we shall be healed.”

by Yabome Gilpin-Jackson | Oct 31, 2020 | International Development, Leadership, Organizational Development, Social Change

The following is an excerpt on social transformation of trauma from my new book: Transformation After Trauma: The Power of Resonance. Excerpt is from Chapter 6, Resonance in Transforming Systemic Trauma. I am amazed at how relevant this work is for the times we are...

Your story, our story: the transformative power of life narratives

by Yabome Gilpin-Jackson | Sep 26, 2020 | International Development, Leadership, Social Change

Excerpt of my story in the opening panel at the last Transformative Learning Network Conference, now published in the Journal of Reflective Practice, September 2020. Article by panel curators and participants: Marguerite A. Welch, Akasha, Aka Pete Saunders, Petra T....

Transformation after the #COVID19 Trauma: The Power of Resonance

by Yabome Gilpin-Jackson | Apr 30, 2020 | Leadership, Organizational Development, Social Change

If we take seriously the notion that we are in that pivotal space between worlds where we can choose our future and that we have an opportunity to transform our world, we ought to be thinking not only about how we bounce back, but also about how we might bounce...

Grey Zone Change & Calm Leadership: Leading self and others through #COVID-19

by Yabome Gilpin-Jackson | Mar 30, 2020 | Facilitation, Leadership, Organizational Development, Social Change

Photo by Victor Garcia on Unsplash When I am asked what characteristics define what I call Grey Zone Change (a space between the current state and an emerging future that is undefined and unknowable), I usually provide these seven characteristics…and that was before...

Transforming Your Meeting Culture: Intentional Meeting Design

by Yabome Gilpin-Jackson | Feb 29, 2020 | Facilitation, Leadership, Organizational Development

In my January blog post, I discussed core meeting planning questions What is your purpose? a)Would a meeting help you accomplish that purpose?What are your desired meeting outcomes?Who needs to be at the meeting?How long do you really need to effectively accomplish...
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