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The Merriam Webster dictionary definition: “the - [I Can't Breathe: A Resource List](https://sldconsulting.org/i-cant-breathe-resources/) - I cant breathe: A follow-up list of resources - [Inescapably Political: Changemaking in a Polarized World](https://sldconsulting.org/change-politics/) - There is no doubt that the complexities and geopolitics of this era are impacting everyday life, whether at dinner tables, public spaces or in the workplace. Even for those who avoid conversations that can get heated, the polarization and politicization of the times has wormed its way into everyday life. Though uncomfortable at times, this - [The Power of Words: In Times of Cognitive Overload](https://sldconsulting.org/power-of-words/) - This month, I attended the Scarborough Charter Inter-Institutional Forum on Black Inclusion in Canadian Higher Education and was reminded of the power of words to mobilize action—whether for individual growth and transformation as has been popularized through the work on having a Growth Mindset, or on the scale of organizational and social change. Our gathering - [Staying Open, Being Human: Finding Our way Through Traumatic Times](https://sldconsulting.org/staying-open/) - We are living in challenging times, and I have found it hard to focus with all the noise around us. Everyday, our collective psyche is bombarded with old and new wars, a fraying global world order and geopolitics, all of which compounds the everyday challenges of the lives we lead. In the midst, there is - [Leading Without Distraction is Transformational…](https://sldconsulting.org/2026-bwil/) - ...especially for Black Women Leaders... My favorite activity of Black History Month has become hosting a conversation with Black Women in Leadership. These conversations are a masterclass in what it means to lead, even when the world is designed to keep you from doing so. What does it mean to lead, when your very presence - [Making the Grey Zone Change Crossing…](https://sldconsulting.org/gzc-crossing/) - Happy 2026! I hope the first month of the year has been kind to you despite the current state of global turbulence. See the blog below for my thoughts on surviving the times. As we head into February and Black History Month, I’d appreciate your help with the following: Registration is now open for this - [Writing Resonant Immigrant Lives: With Peace, Joy, Hope and Love…](https://sldconsulting.org/writing-resonant-lives/) - Thank you for reading my posts / Substack this year. If you have enjoyed my writings, I would appreciate your support to: Share my Work. Buy my books, for yourself or for gifts: My short story collections-Identities, Ancestries, Destinies For yourself/friends and family interested in human stories of migration, identity and belonging. We Will Lead - [Who are we now? On Being a Bridge in a Disrupted World](https://sldconsulting.org/bridging/) - "Bridging is a salve for our fractured world…We can overcome the illusion of separateness by honoring our differences, transcending the notion that difference divides us, and instead co-create a world where everyone belongs.“ john a powell, The Power of Bridging. I had the opportunity recently to reflect on what it means to be a bridge - [What is your story? Journeys of Growth and Belonging](https://sldconsulting.org/growth-and-belonging/) - When I was asked to be a speaker for Journeys of Growth and Belonging, I said yes without hesitation. Journeys of Growth and Belonging is a monthly gathering in which storytellers gather to share their experiences of working to shift narratives in their communities and organizations. It is a space to teach storytellers and listeners - [Silence & Courage in Conversations that Matter](https://sldconsulting.org/silence-courage/) - I do not think our public narratives of now are serving us, and neither is our silence, especially when it leads to spirit-killing and when your voice is what was needed to make a critical difference. Our decision then to choose between silence or courage must be weighed against an assessment of what is at stake - [Offerings on Leadership and Storytelling](https://sldconsulting.org/leadership-storytelling/) - To my leader readers (and all interested), I authored an open access article in the summer issue of Leader-to-Leader, titled: Dialectical Leadership: New Leadership Calling in an Era of Polycrises that I hope you’ll find useful. Here’s a summary in a few sentences of what it covers. How do we lead through the challenges and - [Afrocentrism Lessons from Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o](https://sldconsulting.org/afrocentrism-ngugi-wa-thiongo/) - They welcomed him with whoops and shouts. Clapping all the while, as he made his way to them. “welcome, welcome brother!” He approached them slowly, shoulders slumping with each footfall. They nodded to each other knowingly, then pressed forward towards him, closing the distance between them. “Welcome, welcome!” “Too soon, too soon” he muttered. “I - [What If We Fly?](https://sldconsulting.org/what-if-we-fly/) - Gender Equality through the Lens of Global Women Changemakers I had the opportunity to speak at the Soroptimist International Western Canada Region 2025 conference recently, which was themed What If We Fly. This global volunteer movement is invested in making the dreams of women and girls around the world a reality, through access to education - [Find Your Resonance; Hang on to it](https://sldconsulting.org/find-your-resonance/) - Find your Resonance...& hang on to it... Photo by Soundtrap on Unsplash In a recent discussion about my work and writings, a colleague who was coaching me on some of my emerging ideas asked simply: Well, what resonates most with you? As a musician, they then went on to describe musical resonance. In the physics - [Recap: Lessons from Black Women in leadership](https://sldconsulting.org/recap-bwil/) - ICYMI: 1. My short story collections and flash fiction book were all available to read for free on kindle in February. In case you missed it, you can get copies on Amazon and/or Indigo. 2. I’m running an Identities: Short Story Collection read along/book club. This collection features the lives and experiences of global African - [Black History & Bridging to Equity-Centered Futures](https://sldconsulting.org/bhm-equity/) - First, a headline to acknowledge Black History Month here in Canada and for those who recognize it around the world. The theme for the Canadian Black History Month this February is: Black Legacy and Leadership: Celebrating Canadian History and Uplifting Future Generations. I am pleased to be hosting a conversation with Black Canadian Women in - [Daybreak: With questions for leading the future I want.](https://sldconsulting.org/daybreak/) - Daybreak 2025... Photo by Mayur Gala on Unsplash It’s daybreak and the winter sun is rising on the horizon. It has been rising this way every morning as I get ready for my day, seeping red and orange through the textured windowpanes as it gives light to the day. These days, it is cutting through - [Coaching with the Identity-Belonging-Agency Framework](https://sldconsulting.org/coaching-iba/) - One of the highlights for me this year was having my work on Identity-belonging-Agency (IBA) framework published. The IBA framework is a transformative development framework, which has emerged from my work in Black/marginalized communities. As a developmental framework, I have used it in programs and workshops but another way I have consistently used and found - [Board Governance and Leadership of Equity](https://sldconsulting.org/board-governance-equity/) - Equity – refers to fairness and justice…the quality of being fair and impartial, distinguished from equality by accounting for each person’s starting point to adjust for imbalances. Diversity – state of being diverse…including people from a range of different backgrounds. Inclusion – the state or act of including. These words, defined above in everyday language - [What is your Theory of Change?](https://sldconsulting.org/what-is-your-theory-of-change/) - What is your theory of change? How does change happen in organizations and communities? As a change champion, how do you affect change? I recently asked a mentee these questions and as they responded, I could see their eyes light up, confirming the suspicion behind my line of questioning. Like so many doing work requiring - [Traveling Towards Transformation...](https://sldconsulting.org/transform-odc/) - It has been great to be a part of the Social Justice in Organizational Change Anthology and to end the summer with another chapter in it, co-authored with Dorie Ellzey Blesoff and reviewed by Sarah Owusu, Liza Jager and Matt Minahan. Gilpin-Jackson, Y., & Blesoff, D. E. (2024). Traveling Toward the Transformation of Organization Development - [Beyond Resilience to Transformation](https://sldconsulting.org/beyond-resilience-to-transformation/) - Be sure you stand on solid ground before you stretch out your hand to grab something. unattributed/generic African proverb. Over the past few weeks, I have had opportunities to be in conversations about resiliency—from a dialogue in a circle of leaders, to a panel conversation with Black community members at the Black Business Summit to - [Re-membering, Our Shared Humanity](https://sldconsulting.org/re-membering-humanity/) - June has offered many opportunities for reflection on our shared humanity. It’s Indigenous Peoples Month and Pride Month/the start of Pride Season. June 19 was Juneteenth in the USA June 20th was World Refugee Day June 21st was National Indigenous Peoples Day in Canada. In the week ahead, Canada will have a National Day of - [Identity/Belonging/Agency Framework](https://sldconsulting.org/iba-framework/) - I am so thrilled that my journal article--Identity, Belonging and Agency: A Transformative Development Framework for Global Africans/Black Peoples is published and live on the Journal of Transformative Education with Sage. It represents lessons learns from reflections on my short story and flash fiction collections, Identities, Ancestries and Destinies (Available on Amazon). It is an - [Agency & Leadership](https://sldconsulting.org/agency-leadership/) - What does it mean to have/exercise agency? This is a question I have thought of and worked with throughout my life and career. So when I was recently asked to write the foreword for a forthcoming book titled: The Power of Agency: Cultivating Autonomy, Authority and Leadership in Every Role, by the bestselling authors and - [Advancing Gender Equity](https://sldconsulting.org/gender-equity/) - I am a 2024 YWCA woman of distinction nominee standing for Advancing Gender Equity. Here’s why and please vote for me here (my name is right before the vote button!). You can vote daily till April 12, so I can win a $10,000 donation towards Advancing Gender Equity. Please also consider making a donation to - [Ancestries: A short story collection - A Review](https://sldconsulting.org/ancestries-review/) - Ancestries: A Short Story Collection - A Review - [Appreciative Inquiry for Daily Living](https://sldconsulting.org/appreciative-inquiry-for-daily-living/) - Photo by Mohamed Nohassi on Unsplash Appreciative Inquiry is a philosophy, a method and a practice for exploring the positive core, or the best of what is, so we can amplify it into the future. In this way, appreciative inquiry is about sparking the energy for movement forward that builds on what is already working - [Refocusing on Gratitude](https://sldconsulting.org/2024-gratitude/) - Hello 2024... Photo by Gabrielle Henderson on Unsplash I grew up in a context where, counting your blessings was a thing. You were told to at school, at home and any time that random aunty perceived even an iota of ingratitude seeping out of you. As the year ends, I notice I am leaning hard - [Reads and Quotes on Life and Leadership](https://sldconsulting.org/reads-and-quotes-on-life-and-leadership/) - As the year ends, I thought I’d look back at the audio, digital and physical markings and folded corners of my favorite reads. Here are a few memorable quotables from some of the books on my 2023 bookshelf. I hope you find them as impactful and/or inspiring as I have this year... I believe that - [Celebrating Women's Leadership](https://sldconsulting.org/womens-leadership/) - This month, I have been reflecting on what it means to be a women + leader + racialized in the world we live in today. The world continues to be in turmoil and challenges abound, multiplying the burdens of leadership—being responsible for the impact of every word and decision on those you serve, while living - [Pause, In Reflection.](https://sldconsulting.org/pause/) - In this space between reflection and thanksgiving and remembrance… In which the world continues to shake at its core with existential quakes… In which our cracks break into the deepest chasms and stretch into gulfs wider still… In which a boy asks his mother: have you ever thought what would happen if there’s an apocalypse… - [I Can't Breathe.](https://sldconsulting.org/i-cant-breathe/) - I Can't Breathe - [On Evergreen Renewal (Living Resonant Lives on Labour Day Weekend and Every Day)](https://sldconsulting.org/on-evergreen-renewal/) - I love the change in seasons. It is always a time for me for pause and renewal. A time to reset along with the transition of the seasons. I have enjoyed this summer. It has been full on as always with lots of love and laughter, time with family and friends and in the midst, - [Shared Practices for Transformation (Listening/Questioning/Co-Creating)](https://sldconsulting.org/tools-for-transformation/) - In the Palgrave Handbook of Learning for Transformation, my co-editors and I returned to the most common understanding of the meaning of Transformation-- the classical Greek definition. Metamorphosis. As noted in the Handbook, the meaning of metamorphosis is a change in form or structure: “Form, in our view, includes meaning structures and frames of reference - [A Model for Cultivating Cultures of Belonging (#BelongingDiamond)](https://sldconsulting.org/a-model-for-fostering-belonging/) - Excerpt from: Kramlich,D.J., & Gilpin-Jackson, Y. (2022). The Educator’s Role in Creating a Classroom Culture of Belonging: Reimaging Diversity, Equity, Inclusion for the Multi-Diverse Classroom. In L. Fabbri & A. Romano. Transformative Teaching in Higher Education. True belonging is the spiritual practice of believing in and belonging to yourself so deeply that you can share - [In Search of Human Flourishing](https://sldconsulting.org/human-flourishing/) - What one word would you use to describe the state of human flourishing today? In advance of the 2023 Organization Development Network (ODN) Summit, my colleagues Judy Oyedele, Sasha Farley and I asked a small group of Organization Development leaders and practitioners this question and their response was telling of the era we are living - [“215 little voices woke the country:” A Resource List for Canadian Truth and Reconciliation](https://sldconsulting.org/215-little-voices/) - On May 27, 2021, I was living 10 minutes away from the former Kamloops Indian Residential School on the lands of the Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc Nation (colonially named Kamloops, British Columbia), when the news broke. Remains of 215 children had been found in unmarked graves; children who were forcibly taken to what we would consider - [Social Justice in Organizational Change](https://sldconsulting.org/social-justice-in-org-change/) - I am pleased to share a very exciting and seminal project that I am privileged to be a part of. Led by my colleague, Kimberly Scott at Northwestern University, a community of scholars and practitioners are coming together to create a massively open anthology project on Social Justice in Organizational Change. I was part of conceptualizing the initial framing as per the excerpt of the introduction to the anthology below and I am currently working on a co-authored chapter with Dorie Blesoff for the project as well. If you are interested in this project, read on... - [Inspirations from Black Women in Leadership](https://sldconsulting.org/black-women-in-leadership/) - The theme for this year’s Canadian Black History Month, was #ourstotell. I took the opportunity to have a virtual fireside chat with four Black Women in Leadership across the public service, civic/community and business sectors in Canada. They each reflected on the question: What does leading in these times of both trauma and transformation require - [Where are you from? Impact, Implications Alternatives](https://sldconsulting.org/where-are-you-from-alternatives/) - Where are you from? The debate over this line of questioning and whether or not it is appropriate or inappropriate hit the headlines at the end of 2022 in the encounter between Lady Susan Hussey and Ngozi Fulani. For people who are socially classified as racialized, this is not a new phenomenon and it is - [On Why Destinies: A Flash Fiction Collection](https://sldconsulting.org/on-why-destinies/) - [Embracing Resonance, Commitment and Presence](https://sldconsulting.org/embracing-resonance-commitment-and-presence/) - In our rhythms of time, we are turning into a new chapter. Another 365 days ahead to go through the rhythms and seasons of life. While I had decided a few years ago to let go of artificial resolutions and goal-setting that will only serve to thwart my own expectations of myself, the rhythms of - [Living and Leading in a Pandemic-era world](https://sldconsulting.org/living-and-leading-pandemic-era/) - It is no secret that the world is hurting. We continue to struggle with what living life looks like in a covid-19 pandemic era and it is affecting every aspect of our human society. It was always true that the covid-19 pandemic ushered us into Grey Zone Change[1], a space between the current state (system - [Living from Resonance: Living in Action](https://sldconsulting.org/living-resonance-action/) - When living from Resonance—operating from a deep identity core that keeps us individually and collectively focused on transformation—we are: Living on Purpose Living in Connection Living for Development Living with Gratitude (Valuing life) Living in Action The road to transformation, a fundamental shift from one form to another, requires action. At the individual level, we know from - [Living from Resonance = Living with Gratitude](https://sldconsulting.org/living-gratitude/) - When we are living from Resonance—operating from a deep identity core that keeps us individually and collectively focused on transformation—we are: Living on Purpose Living in Connection Living for Development Living with Gratitude (Valuing life) Living in Action It is easy for me to tell that my inner stores are depleted when I am asked: What are - [Living from Resonance = Living for Development](https://sldconsulting.org/living-from-resonance-living-for-development/) - When we are living from Resonance—operating from a deep identity core that keeps us individually and collectively focused on transformation—we are: Living on Purpose Living in Connection Living for Development Living with Gratitude (Valuing life) Living in Action I became a Human and Organization Development scholar and practitioner because of my own quest for development. By development, - [Living from Resonance = Living in Connection](https://sldconsulting.org/living-from-resonance-living-in-connection/) - When we are living from Resonance—operating from a deep identity core that keeps us individually and collectively focused on transformation—we are: Living on Purpose Living in Connection Living for Development Living with Gratitude (Valuing life) Living in Action In this post, I focus on Living in Connection. What does it mean to connect to shared - [2022 Organization Development Conference Recap](https://sldconsulting.org/2022-organization-development-conference-recap/) - Our 2022 Organization Development (OD) Conference is a wrap! And all I can say is WOW over and over again. Prior to the conference, I posted on Linkedin that I am: looking forward to looking back at this conference and saying: "look what we accomplished together!" As we know from the Anticipatory Principle of Appreciative - [Living from Resonance = Living on Purpose](https://sldconsulting.org/resonantpurpose/) - It is about filtering requests that come my way to ascertain whether they align with my purpose in the world: To inspire leadership action, so that the people and communities she serves are transformed. What is your purpose? [i] A note that this article on Diversity and Division in Advanced Economies share valuable data and - [Spring into Resonant Transformation](https://sldconsulting.org/spring-into-transformation/) - It’s spring. And all things are bright and beautiful…except for this continued shadow rolling in on us. It was already there, hovering just out of sight for most. Wars and armed conflicts around the world spurning underfunded humanitarian crisesMounting reminders that climate change is already upon us including the recent UN reportHealth epidemics like ongoing - [In Conversation About Ancestries: A short story collection.](https://sldconsulting.org/ten-questions-about-ancestries/) - See a review of Ancestries: A short story collection here On September 22, 2019, I had the joy of launching Ancestries: A short story collection at the Afrocentrism 2019 Conference. At the event which was a hosted conversation, there was an opportunity for questions submitted live from the audience. Here is a retrospective of the - [A Review of Identities: A short story collection](https://sldconsulting.org/identities-review/) - Identities: A short story collection and the corresponding discussion guide are available on Amazon Review of Identities, A short Story Collection by Dr. Yabome Gilpin-Jackson: Reviewer: Gayle Dzis* When my friend gave me her scholarly daughter’s book of short stories, I was expecting something rather dry and heavily pedantic that I would be obliged to - [Black Canadian History is my Family History](https://sldconsulting.org/black-canadian-history/) - This Black History Month, I am remembering a shared history that connects 2 places I call home: Sierra Leone and Canada. This year marks the 230th anniversary of the exodus and repatriation of approximately 1200 Black Loyalists from Halifax, Nova Scotia, for Freetown, Sierra Leone. They were almost half of the 3,000 Black Loyalists—individuals and - [What is Transformation? Check out the new Handbook...](https://sldconsulting.org/what-is-transformation/) - Download flyer here … we are aligned with transformation, as both process and outcome, that results in a dramatic shift in our thinking, feelings, and actions. We know that when that dramatic shift occurs, our being and worldviews are different—metamorphosis happens—a change in form. It is that experience we pass through when we become a - [What, So What? Now What? Adapting through COVID-19 into 2022…](https://sldconsulting.org/adapting-into-2022/) - The December holiday season including Christmas for my household, was not very much unlike December 2020. The grinch of the Omicron coronavirus variant arrived just in time to steal Christmas. And so, just as we had in 2020, our family of 5 cocooned together this year. We watched movies, played board games, got outdoors and - [From Collective Trauma to Healing & Transformation](https://sldconsulting.org/collective-trauma-to-transformation/) - The crisp chill in the air is signaling the turn of the seasons. Fall is giving way to winter and at this time of year, as I go for walks in the midst of the colorful puddles of leaves given up by the trees, it is easier to pause. To Pause. To Reflect and To - [Social Scientists Confronting Global Crisis: Book available for pre-order now!](https://sldconsulting.org/social-scientists-confronting-global-crisis/) - I am thrilled to be among a group of Social Scientists who are part of a Routledge shortform book titled Social Scientists Confronting Global Crisis, edited by Dr. Jean Bartunek. The book has just been released for pre-order, inspired by "a "rant" by Ed Schein in 2020 arguing that Social Scientists need to address global - [Quilting our Global Futures](https://sldconsulting.org/quilting-global-futures/) - The only way forward, is to choose, with clear-eyed sobriety, to be part of the solutions wherever we find ourselves. We all have a part to play. - [Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in Organization Development](https://sldconsulting.org/jedi-od/) - Last month, I shared the foreword of the Spring Issue of the Organization Development Review that Dr. John L. Bennett, Ph.D and I co-edited on the role of Organization Development in Times of Disruption. This month, I am pleased to share an overview of our Summer issue of ten articles that speak to Justice, Equity, - [In an Era of Transformative and Traumatic Disruptions...What Can Organization Development Bring?](https://sldconsulting.org/special-issue-53-2/) - On the eve of our Organization Development Network Conference, I am excited and reflecting on the question Dr. John L. Bennett, Ph.D and I asked of the Organization Development (OD) community in the throes of the global disruptions of the past 18 month: In an Era of Transformative and Traumatic Disruptions…What Can OD Bring? I - [Finding Meaning Beyond Grief and Languishing](https://sldconsulting.org/beyond-grief-and-languishing/) - The twin articles that have named our collective grief and languishing are trending. I received both forwarded to me more times than I can count as I’m sure you have. It is clear that both articles have struck a chord with us. They have given us language to name the feelings and experience we are - [Behind the Talk: How to get past disconnection to social change](https://sldconsulting.org/disconnection-to-connection/) - My recent TedxSFU talk: How to get past disconnection to social change was grounded in my research and practice that centers the narrative practice of Resonance. Resonance invites us to access the power of our personal stories to galvanize ourselves to action in social change and other complex and traumatic circumstances. I end the talk - [A Trauma-Informed Development Pathway](https://sldconsulting.org/trauma-development-pathway/) - Dr. Gilpin-Jackson writes in a way that rings true and illuminates the experience of individual and collective trauma. Through the concept of resonance, she provides a path toward healing and transformation for individuals, groups, and entire organizations. As an OD practitioner, I appreciate the way she clearly lays out the path for leading organizations on - [Black History Month: What it is and Why it Matters.](https://sldconsulting.org/black-history-month-2021/) - It is not unusual for me to be on panels on Identity and Belonging and to be asked: Why do we have/need Black History Month? It is always a question that is tough for me to hear and respond to, in part because I also question the need. I hope for a world where Black - [Leadership Matters: A Force for Greater Good](https://sldconsulting.org/leadership-matters/) - Dear Leader, 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 seminar as an early practitioner when one of the facilitators declared something - [Hindsight 20/20](https://sldconsulting.org/hindsight-20-20/) - Just yesterday evening, I was brainstorming with a dear colleague and fellow co-editor for the Handbook of Transformation we are working on. We talked for a while about how transformation is often realized in hindsight, in 20/20. So when we look at 2020 in hindsight like I just did that house arrest year, I hope it holds some of our most cherished moments of the time we cocooned just with our households. I hope we see the moment our world fundamentally changed for the better. I hope we see how the pain and loss of 2020 has taught us to have more compassion and empathy for those who are always alone at Christmas—stuck in war zones with only survival, not celebration on their minds; too sick to socialize; have lost family and loved ones and can’t bear to celebrate. I hope we see a 2020 that helped our world bounce forward to a better normal where we took the best of our past and left behind the mess that has been suffocating instead of strengthening our humanity. I hope 2020 looks not like the grinch who stole Christmas, but like the year that called us to be transformed for generations. And most of all, whether you had a household to cocoon with and/or filled the time with phone and zoom calls, I hope that all of us, and our children, remember this as one of our most cherished holiday seasons ever—because we were forced to be still, and were home alone, together. - [Dear Daddy: Or tea talk to the father I said goodbye to 20 years ago](https://sldconsulting.org/dear-daddy/) - Dear Daddy, Remember that night when you woke up and asked me to make you tea at 2:00am? I was studying for a test or writing a paper – I can’t remember which. I do remember being very irritated that you would interrupt me for your cup of tea. Studying after all, by your words - [It’s all about Belonging…](https://sldconsulting.org/its-all-about-belonging/) - As our health and social pandemics continue to open the cracks and inequities in our world, the vocabulary for discrimination of all forms has exploded into our public spaces. To some, it has all been new. To others, who have been connected or working in the critical social sciences, or race, gender, identity and sexuality - [Social Change Will Take All of Us… "By the crowd we have been broken, by the crowd we shall be healed."](https://sldconsulting.org/by-the-crowd/) - Social Change Will Take All of US… "By the crowd we have been broken, by the crowd we shall be healed. - [A Planning Framework for Leading Transformations](https://sldconsulting.org/leading-transformation-framework/) - In today’s world, transformation is often a desired end. We know that to advance as individuals, in our organizations and in our communities often requires us to change form. Survival, and thriving, in our growing complex world, requires many mutations and reinventions of ourselves over our lifetimes. Organization leaders are aware of this need, as - [Your story, our story: the transformative power of life narratives](https://sldconsulting.org/your-story-our-story/) - Your story, our story: the transformative power of life narrativesYour story, our story: the transformative power of life narratives - [In Anti-Racism Work: Keep Leaning into Messy](https://sldconsulting.org/anti-racism-leanintomessy/) - In Anti-Racism Work: Keep Leaning into Messy - [Transformation after the #COVID19 Trauma: The Power of Resonance](https://sldconsulting.org/transformation-covid19/) - Transformation after trauma - [Grey Zone Change & Calm Leadership: Leading self and others through #COVID-19](https://sldconsulting.org/grey-zone-change-calm-leadership-covid-19/) - 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 #COVID-19. Changes are required that will lead to a transformation in the way people think, work and behave - [Transforming Your Meeting Culture](https://sldconsulting.org/transforming-your-meeting-culture/) - There is an easy case for change of meeting culture. Just pause and think about the personal toll poorly designed and thought out meetings may have had on you and therefore on the collective. Add in the actual cost (average salary per hour around the table) and the opportunity cost of time —a most valuable and irreplaceable resource and it’s clear we must do better. In the next few posts I will share some of the principles and methodologies I use and that leaders I coach have found useful. My exploration question is: what can be done to improve everyday meeting culture? - [Transforming Your Meeting Culture: Intentional Meeting Design](https://sldconsulting.org/intentional-meeting-design/) - 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 the desired outcomes? In this post, I focus on intentional meeting design, assuming - [On the eve of the turn of a decade: Lessons from leading change](https://sldconsulting.org/2019_leading-change/) - I remember vividly when 2009 gave way to 2010. In retrospect, the dawn of 2010 seems like a moment in the space-time continuum that just happened unnoticed, because it was already accounted for in my life. I was preoccupied with learning to be a parent of two (just had my second child), with being a - [What gets in the way of success in the Grey Zone of Change? [Grey Zone Blog Series 4/4]](https://sldconsulting.org/greyzonesuccess_4/) - This past year, I have been sharing my work and thinking on the Grey Zone of Change. I define the Grey Zone of change as the space in-between systems—the space between an existing system (System A) and an emerging or envisioned one (System B) within a context of complexity, where there are more unknown than known - [Humanity Calling: A Tale of Two Conferences](https://sldconsulting.org/humanity_calling/) - I have been struck by a clear message from the 2019 Organization Development (OD) Network and Afrocentrism Conferences. Both conferences converged on a call for more humanity in our relationships, organizations and communities, even though the starting point for each was quite difference. I offer here a brief synopsis of why and how I saw - [Michelle Obama in Vancouver! Reflections & Lessons on Leadership](https://sldconsulting.org/michelle-obama/) - I have always been proud of my story. You have to believe in your own story. When you doubt, I hope you remember me and my story. I hope you remember that there was a girl called Michelle Robinson Obama. She grew up poor. She didn’t start out going to the best schools but she - [Ancestries: A Short Story Collection](https://sldconsulting.org/ancestries-a-short-story-collection/) - It's September! And I am pleased to announce the launch of Ancestries: A short story collection. Paperback and kindle editions available on Amazon NOW! Official book launch at the Afrocentrism Conference on September 22, 2019! Books available for signing at the Afrocentrism Conference on both September 21 and 22, 2019! This collection of stories came from the - [Organization Development Review: Perspectives on OD as Strategic Change (Summer 2019)](https://sldconsulting.org/odr_strategic-change/) - In the summer 2019 issue of the Organization Development Review (ODR), Matt Minanhan challenged the Organization Development field in an article titled: Change Our Name, Change Our Game. It’s time for Strategic Change. Scholars and Practitioners in the field, myself included, were asked to offer responses to the article. Below are brief excerpts from Matt - [Navigate the Grey Zone of Change with Powerful Questions & Co-Created Action [Grey Zone Blog Series]](https://sldconsulting.org/navigate-grey-zone/) - Navigating the Grey Zone of Change - [We Will Lead Africa, Volume Two, Women is out!](https://sldconsulting.org/we-will-lead-africa-volume-two-women-is-out/) - This Africa Day, May 25, 2019, I am celebrating the release of our Second We Will Lead Africa volume, featuring leading Africa Women's stories. The volume is an important step in our journey to creating platforms for sharing and inspiring everyday African leadership through storytelling. It is particularly significant because: "Writers from all minority groups, and - [Working, Leading & Facilitating in the Grey Zone of Change [Grey Zone Blog Series]](https://sldconsulting.org/grey-zone-part-2/) - I define the Grey Zone of change as the space in-between systems – systems may be worldviews, philosophies, organization transformations or social systems change. The Grey Zone of Change requires us to engage differently than our default learned behaviours. This is why working, leading or facilitating in the grey zone may not be easy. - [What is the Grey Zone of Change? [Grey Zone Blog Series]](https://sldconsulting.org/grey-zone-of-change/) - Last year, I co-authored a sequel to my 2013 article on Practicing in the Grey area between Dialogic and Diagnostic Organization Development. Both the 2013 and 2018 articles[1] have received much interest and discussion with colleagues in the field that has sparked further thinking for me as I seek to clarify: What is the Grey - [Cool Black North Documentary](https://sldconsulting.org/cool-black-north/) - I am one of a dozen Black Canadians & Harry Jerome Award winners of diverse backgrounds that will be featured in this Prime Time TV documentary: Cool Black North. Pre-screening and media launch in Toronto on February 19. Live airing on Friday Feb 22 on CityTV, 8pm ET/PT. Canadian family and friends, please set your - [Hello 2019: Looking back, Gazing forward](https://sldconsulting.org/hello-2019/) - Hello 2019. On the one hand, you are an arbitrary ‘new’ year. On the other hand, a marker in time to turn back and look forward on the journey of my life. Reflection, intention-setting, self-coaching, self-as-instrument, personal visioning and all the other ways in which we, as leadership and organization development practitioners/educators call ourselves to - [The Conference That Felt Like A Retreat: #ITLC2018](https://sldconsulting.org/itlc2018/) - The International Transformative Learning Conference 2018 (ITLC2018) was a rare renewal and transforming conference experience. As someone said at the end of the conference, it felt like a retreat. I shared this sentiment, even though I was part of the planning committee, on the opening panel and delivered 2 workshops. Furthermore, there was so much - [My 'Practicing in the Grey Zone' article in the 50th anniversary edition of OD Practitioner](https://sldconsulting.org/greyzonereprint/) - My article, Practicing in the Grey Zone Between Dialogic and Diagnostic Organization Development, originally published in 2013, has been reprinted in the 50th anniversary edition of the Organization Development Practitioner Journal. The reprint features an updated case study led by my Fraser Health team member, Melissa Crump. The case shows the powerful positive impact that - [Facilitating Strategic Change Conversations](https://sldconsulting.org/facilitating-strategic-change/) - It’s September – Summer holidays are over. Children are back to school. Families are getting back to routines and corporate offices that were quieter in June, July and August with staff rotating on various summer vacations are back. Part of the return to normalcy is signified by leaders returning to strategy and planning for the - [Away at Rest...so I can Thrive](https://sldconsulting.org/rest-and-thrive/) - It's summer in the Americas and in most of the world children are home from school. Wherever you are, I hope you re taking the opportunity to pause, reflect and rest. As I noted in an interview with BC Business featured in their summer issue, I believe we need to thrive, not just survive in our - [Leadership Masterclass! From Mandela & Obama to the World](https://sldconsulting.org/mandela-and-obama/) - This past week, Nelson Mandela’s legacy was celebrated on what would have been his 100th birthday. Simultaneously, leaders from all over the African continent gathered in South Africa to discuss all things leadership and change during the Obama Foundation’s Leaders: Africa program. Both Mandela day on July 18 and the Obama leaders’ week-long program are - [The State of the Organization Development field in our times.](https://sldconsulting.org/the-state-of-od/) - In these times of rapid change and complex human dynamics, the field of Organization Development (OD) has been contested more than ever before. Those of us researching, studying and/or practicing in the field have expressed concerned that mainstream organizations are losing sight of the developmental ideal and potential for organizations who pay attention to humanistic - [Leaders, please engage the people you serve.](https://sldconsulting.org/leader-please-engage/) - For many leaders I have supported, embarking on an engagement process to hear from and listen to the people they serve is a daunting task. Questions and concerns/reasoning I often hear for why leaders shy away from engaging others include: It’s a hassle it takes too long / I don’t have time I can’t please - [Your story is your greatest leadership & change currency](https://sldconsulting.org/your-story/) - What is your story? What is your passion? What is your pain? I recently had the opportunity to share some of my story on the KILTER&MINT podcast hosted by Ashley Viel. Doing the podcast reminded me how much our stories matter. http:// The stories we live by: Shape who we are and how we show - [Don’t make resolutions, take action.](https://sldconsulting.org/take-action/) - It’s that time. The feasting is over, the fridge and freezer are filled will leftovers. There is still Christmas cake/pudding/chocolate and other treats filling the pantry. As you look at the bounty you’ve been blessed with, anxiety sets in for the new year. You’ve got the holiday weight to lose. Things to do. Dreams to - [Identities Blog Series: Celebrating a year on & the discussion guide](https://sldconsulting.org/identities-discussion-guide/) - Identities: A short story collection and it's companion discussion guide are available on Amazon.com. The short story collection is also available at Chapters Coquitlam, Chapters Metrotown, Indigo Granville and Pangea Limited at 118 Wilkinson Road, Freetown, Sierra Leone. It’s December. It’s been a year like most for me – with highs and lows on this roller coaster called life. But without a doubt, the - [The Call of Our Times: Reflections from OD Network Conference 2017](https://sldconsulting.org/odn2017/) - A month ago, the 2017 Organization Development (OD) Network conference theme called our body of applied behavioural and social science scholars and practitioners to answer the call of our times. That call, is to innovate for impact in these times of social upheaval. There were many highlights of the conference for me, most notably the - [Identities Blog Series: Story #10: The Wedding](https://sldconsulting.org/identities-blog-10-wedding/) - Identities: A short story collection is available on Amazon.com, Chapters Coquitlam, Chapters Metrotown, Indigo Granville and Pangea Limited at 118 Wilkinson Road, Freetown, Sierra Leone. Baindu felt light and breathless. This was too much for one day. Shawn pulled out the simple box from his pocket. Baindu gasped through tears as he opened the box - [I am...The Emerging Organization Development Practitioner Award winner!](https://sldconsulting.org/odn-award/) - Tonight, I received a once in a lifetime honour. I received an award from the Organization Development Network (ODN) for Emerging New Organization Development (OD) Practitioner. This is the first time this award has been granted and it is daunting to think that I might have just made small history in an association that has honored, - [On Privilege, Power and Equality](https://sldconsulting.org/on-privilege-power-and-equality/) - How can we transcend the dynamics of privilege and power to move toward equality? How do we break the cycles of dominance and systemic social oppression we are immersed in as a result of reckless uses of privilege and power? How do we accelerate the call to equality? Over the past few years, I have - [Identities Blog Series: Story #9: When I became a Black Man](https://sldconsulting.org/identities-blog-series-story-9-black-man/) - Identities is available on Amazon.com, Chapters Coquitlam, Chapters Metrotown, Indigo Granville and Pangea Limited at 118 Wilkinson Road, Freetown, Sierra Leone. I could not believe that this was happening to me. I had heard about this. Seen it on the news, but never expected it to happen to me. This, is Canada after all. These - [Identities Blog Series: Story #8: Standing in the rain & the Sierra Leone mudslide](https://sldconsulting.org/identities-blog-series-story-8-mudslides/) - World events impact us. Life happens. Power, politics, war and armed conflict, natural disasters, loss, broken relationships…they’re the kind of things you pray will never happen to you and when you are not directly impacted, you sometimes shut it all out. It’s often too painful, too unreal, too negative, so our natural survival instincts block - [Practicing Renewal through Gratitude and Passion](https://sldconsulting.org/practicing-renewal/) - It’s September. In North America and Europe, the beginning of September signals the winding down of summer. Families have returned from wondrous vacations. In many places around the world, it is time for back to school. Children have grown over the school break and are excited to enter new grades. The season will soon begin - [Choosing to Thrive from Difficult Group Dynamics](https://sldconsulting.org/navigating-difficult-group-dynamics/) - A team in which individual leaders are working hard and doing their best but feel like the context makes it too hard for them to meaningfully affect change. A society in which polarities are so entrenched conflict between groups is on the rise. A family in which the same unproductive patterns play out over and - [Identities Blog Series: Story #7: The Conference](https://sldconsulting.org/identities-blog-series-story-7-the-conference/) - See my books on amazon at: https://www.amazon.com/Yabome-Gilpin-Jackson Identities is available on Amazon.com, Chapters Coquitlam, Chapters Metrotown, Indigo Granville and Pangea Limited at 118 Wilkinson Road, Freetown, Sierra Leone. For those in the Metro Vancouver area, my summer book signing will be at Chapters Metrotown, July 28, 4:00pm – 7:00pm In 2014, I attended and spoke - [African Leadership...and more on Personal Leadership AND Group Dynamics.](https://sldconsulting.org/african-leadership-and-more/) - Last month I had the honour of working with the UNDP in partnership with the Provincial Public Service Training Academy in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa on an African Leadership Development Programme. Over three weeks, I worked with a total of 82 senior public service leaders. The reported impact of the sessions for participants is shown - [Identities Blog Series: Story #6: The Day Aunty Amie died](https://sldconsulting.org/identities-blog-series-story-6-the-day-aunty-amie-died/) - See my books on amazon at: https://www.amazon.com/author/yabomegilpin-jackson Identities is available on Amazon.com, Chapters Coquitlam, Chapters Metrotown, Indigo Granville and Pangea Limited, 118 Wilkinson Road, Freetown. It didn’t feel right that the phone was ringing. I reached blindly for my cell phone, knocking over the glass of water I’d left on the nightstand before bed. Crap! I - [When Things Come Together...](https://sldconsulting.org/when-things-come-together/) - This past few weeks, I have been living as if in a dream. Less than 2 weeks ago, I was privileged to be named International African Woman of the Year 2017 in London, UK. The day of the event, I met a colleague, friend and sister who I had never met in person before. Fatou - [Identities Blog Series: Story #5 - Back to the beginning](https://sldconsulting.org/identities-blog-series-story-5-back-to-the-beginning/) - Identities: A short story collection is available on Amazon.com, Chapters Coquitlam, Chapters Metrotown, Indigo Granville and Pangea Limited, 118 Wilkinson Road, Freetown. ~~~ What do you do when you feel overwhelmed and without support in a new context? What do you do to cope and thrive through life changes and transitions? How do you rebalance - [In complexity...Search for the Ray of Hope](https://sldconsulting.org/in-complexity-search-for-the-nugget-of-hope/) - Last week, I had the privilege of being in a buffet of conversations about the most pressing leadership, organizational and social change issues of our time. From leadership and change in healthcare to nonprofit capacity-building work in Sierra Leone and Africa to a roundtable on the Canadian government’s military and peacekeeping missions abroad, I feel - [Identities Blog Series: Story #4 - The Rainbow](https://sldconsulting.org/identities-blog-series-story-4-the-rainbow/) - Identities is available on Amazon.com, Chapters Coquitlam, Chapters Metrotown, Indigo Granville. See here for upcoming Identities book signings and events. Excerpt from Story #4 in Identities: A Short Story Collection, The Rainbow: Why do bad things happen? Why do children suffer and die?”… My mind squeaked to a halt. My mother’s heart suddenly started the jolting fall of an aging elevator, seemingly dropping - [On Complexity & Transformation: Pain, Paradoxes & Promise](https://sldconsulting.org/on-complexity-transformation-pain-paradoxes-promise/) - This past month, I have been witness to or part of many complex conversations and situations as a facilitator, as a leader, as a parent, as a community member. My experiences align with all the research and practice evidence that warns us that the pace and scale of complexity is increasing. Our team, organization and - [Re-Authoring Culture: Making space for humanity and the unknown](https://sldconsulting.org/re-authoring-culture-blog/) - The Narrative work is now also dancing in the world of business and organisational life. It is a dance in which the steps and movements are still being figured out, and where we, at times, step on one another’s toes… Chene Swart, Re-Authoring the World, The Narrative Lens and Practices for Organisations, Communities and Individuals - [Part 3: Facilitating for Transformation in Our Times](https://sldconsulting.org/part-3-facilitatingfortransformation/) - Part 3: Facilitating for Transformation in Our Times: Sustaining Transformations (see part 1 here and part 2, here) “The success of an intervention depends on the interior condition of the intervener.” Bill O’Brien https://www.presencing.com/theoryu ~~~ This post is the final in the 3-part series on Facilitating for Transformation in our times. This continues to be an exploration of self-transformation - [Identities Blog Series: Story #3 - Once Upon a Time at Fourah Bay College](https://sldconsulting.org/identities-story-3-fbc/) - Identities is available on Amazon.com, Chapters Coquitlam, Chapters Metrotown, Indigo Granville. See here for upcoming Identities book signings and events. Fourah Bay College, University of Sierra Leone, Freetown Circa The 1990s It is 6pm on Friday night and the campus has suddenly come alive. The energy is palpable. I think of this time of day on campus as the equivalent of the breaking - [Identities Blog Series: Story #2 - On Journeys Home (aka: Too much water in the garri)](https://sldconsulting.org/identities-blog-series-on-journeys-home/) - Identities is available on Amazon.com, Chapters Coquitlam, Chapters Metrotown, Indigo Granville. See here for upcoming Identities book signings and events. What does it take for immigrants to make-it in new homes? How do immigrants cope in their integration journey? What does it mean to go back "home"? The second short story in Identities: A short story collection, tells the - [Identities Blog Series: Story #1- Where are you from?](https://sldconsulting.org/identities-blog-series-where-are-you-from/) - Identities is available on Amazon.com and at Chapters Coquitlam You are an African living in the West… You have spent more of your life living away from the African country of your birth than there... Your parents are immigrants or you have African/Caribbean ancestry but you have never lived on the continent or the islands - [Part 2: Facilitating for Transformation in Our Times](https://sldconsulting.org/part-2-facilitatingfortransformation/) - Part 2: Facilitating for Transformation in Our Times (see part 1 here: https://sldconsulting.org/facilitatingfortransformation/) “The success of an intervention depends on the interior condition of the intervener.” Bill O’Brien https://www.presencing.com/theoryu ~~~ We are living in times when moral distress seems to be pulling people apart. It is also true of times like this that transformation becomes possible when what - [Part 1: Facilitating for Transformation in Our Times](https://sldconsulting.org/facilitatingfortransformation/) - It’s February 2017. And what a year it has been so far. In so many conversations, the people around me – family, friends and practitioners in Leadership, Organization Development and Social Change are asking – what can we do in the current socio-political climate facing North America and the world? This is not a simple - [Identities: A Short Story Collection](https://sldconsulting.org/identities-a-short-story-collection/) - As we head towards Christmas and the holidays, I am pleased to announce the release of my book, Identities: A Short Story Collection. Identities is a short story collection of global African experiences. The stories in this collection evoke the experiences of Africans of diverse backgrounds, races, ethnicities and identities. It explores, through story, the - [Dear Leadership & Organization Development Practitioner,](https://sldconsulting.org/dear-lod-practitioner/) - The world needs you now more than ever! In August, I wrote a brief blog about the need to build bridges and move from what I call the versus debates to genuine dialogue, where we focus on AND. As we head towards the end of 2016, the American election saga and results is only one - [I Need Transformational Change! Now Send me a Briefing Note](https://sldconsulting.org/transformational-change-briefing-note/) - A senior consultant colleague of mine described her experience on a major Organizational Transformation project. She had been working with her primary client system and leader for the initiative and had been preparing for some time to bring key leaders together to work on the transformation together. Close to the time for the session, she - [What is your Olympic Sport? A Reflection on the Refugee Olympic Team](https://sldconsulting.org/olympics/) - I love the Olympics and so does my family. It’s hard to believe the games were on barely a month ago. I seriously miss my nightly dose of catching up on the results of the day, especially for my favorites, gymnastics, swimming and track and field. During the games, our family was gathered around relishing - [In a World of Extremes…Build a Bridge.](https://sldconsulting.org/build-a-bridge/) - The time for the healing of the wounds has come. The moment to bridge the chasms that divide us has come. The time to build is upon us. Nelson Mandela Black vs. Blue Black vs. White Right vs. Wrong Gay vs. Straight Male vs. Female Boss vs. Employee Religion vs. Religion Immigrant vs. National Republican vs. - [Leading through Trauma in Organizations and Communities](https://sldconsulting.org/leading-through-trauma/) - In a meeting last week, we took time to check-in with each other about how we were each doing. We used a set of structured questions to guide our dialogue. In addition to the usual possibility oriented questions, we also asked: What are you currently mad about? A colleague of mine responded: "what's in the - [We-Leadership: On emerging leadership practices in Africa and around the world](https://sldconsulting.org/we-leadership/) - We. The Collective. For the greater good. Team over individual. The sum is greater than the parts… The principles of team leadership have been intensifying for as long as I can remember. In particular, by the time I was completing my business undergraduate and my Masters in Business Administration, development of team-based competencies were paramount. - [Rethinking Return on Investment for People Strategies in Organizations](https://sldconsulting.org/rethinking-return-on-investment-for-people-strategies-in-organizations/) - The conference is going well. People are engrossed in conversations at their tables. Someone proposes an idea that is new and different. Others at the table get excited. Soon, the blank white sheet is covered in multi-coloured lines, words and actions, plans emerging for the future of the group. Excitement is high. People are inspired - [For refugees, every encounter could change their world...and ours](https://sldconsulting.org/posttraumatic-growth-and-refugees/) - "I never think in terms of crowds in general but in terms of persons. Were I to think about crowds, I would never begin anything. It is the person that matters. I believe in person-to-person encounters" Mother Theresa, Heart of Joy. When the current refugee crisis is over. When the children, the 50% of the - [Capturing moments of reflection: Now and all year through](https://sldconsulting.org/capturing-moments-of-reflection-now-and-all-year-through/) - "Are you ready for Christmas yet?" This is the question that seems to fill the pre-Christmas small talk. This question is usually followed with the litany of work, appointments, events and social obligations that must be fulfilled leading up to the holidays. This storyline has begun to worry me. My concern being that this advent - [Transform In Action: What has shifted for you?](https://sldconsulting.org/transform-in-action-what-has-shifted-for-you/) - A month ago, we worked on the ideas and principles of Transforming Organizational Trauma. We experienced resonance, named the organizational trauma narratives we are part of and created the narratives of thriving we want. We ended by identifying specific TransformInAction (Think-Interact-Act) experiments - personal commitments to actions to restore thriving to our organizational lives. At the end of - [Leading by any other name...](https://sldconsulting.org/leading-by-any-other-name/) - There is nothing like travelling the world to be reminded of our common humanity. No matter our cultural and situational differences, leaders in organizations and society in South Africa have the same human needs as those in Canada and around the world. As leadership and organization development scholars and practitioners, let us keep our work - [Providing Learning Opportunities Is Intervening Into Lives](https://sldconsulting.org/providing-learning-opportunities-is-intervening-into-lives/) - In discussing a research project, a mentor once told me that I should think of research of any kind as an intervention into people’s lives. As I have been reflecting on my personal vision and mission and my reasons for doing this work, I have found myself coming back to that thought. I have now - [The Balance between Scholarship and Practice in Organization Development](https://sldconsulting.org/the-balance-between-scholarship-and-practice-in-organization-development/) - A colleague found out I am in a doctoral program in Human and Organization Development while we were working with a group. In introducing the process we had planned to work through, he then said something to the effect of "let's face it - with no offense when you are in a doctorate in this - [In Organization Development work, the whole group is your client!](https://sldconsulting.org/in-organization-development-work-the-whole-group-is-your-client/) - Getting back to blogging after a busy fall...starting though with a thought that has stayed with me since a session I ran in November 2010. In Organization Development, the whole group you are working with is your client. Not the sponsor, or the lead or the manager of the group! This important lesson is one - [Ground Rules?](https://sldconsulting.org/ground-rules/) - A session I recently led made me realize the following: holding people accountable to ground rules is not as easy as it seems when you are in the facilitator/mediator role (especially when you are working with a team in conflict). I have always been an advocate for using groundrules and teach it regularly in conflict - [We Are Each Other: We Are The Other](https://sldconsulting.org/we-are-each-other-we-are-the-other/) - For the SheLovesMagazine.com synchroblog When it comes to ‘othering’ my choice is inspired by Nelson Mandela’s call and action to “cross all divides.” I choose to see you, no matter who you are, in the mirror image of myself. I constantly remind myself: We are each other. 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It was established with the intent of curating and sharing stories, and creating networks of everyday African leaders, anywhere in the world, doing work impacting the progress of continental Africa. - [A Program for Racialized Women in Leadership](https://sldconsulting.org/racialized-women-in-leadership/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″] A Program for Racialized Women in Leadership Description: A Transformative Professional Development Program for Racialized Women in Leadership Register Now This program provided me with a non-judgmental and safe space to speak about the - [A Program for Racialized Women in Leadership-OLD](https://sldconsulting.org/a-program-for-racialized-women-in-leadership/) - Yabome Gilpin-Jackson, PhD (she/her) is an executive leader, executive coach, consultant and educator in Leadership, Organization Development/ Change and Transformative Learning in academia and across the private, public, non-profit sectors. In addition to being Founder and Principal at SLD consulting, she has served in Executive Leadership roles within the British Columbia Public Sector and is - [Destinies](https://sldconsulting.org/destinies/) - [/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_code _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”] Autographed Books by Yabome Identities Ancestries Destinies [/et_pb_code][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_video src=”https://youtu.be/VQgimb0qWGw” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_video][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section] LinkedIn Twitter Facebook - [Identities](https://sldconsulting.org/identities/) - Identities is a collection of short stories that evoke the lived experiences of Africans of diverse backgrounds, races, ethnicities and identities. - [Ancestries](https://sldconsulting.org/ancestries/) - Ancestries builds on Identities: A short story collection, to imagine and portray ways in which a variety of Global African characters—multicultural and multiracial—negotiate their sense of self and belonging. - [SLD Learn](https://sldconsulting.org/sld-learn/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ custom_padding_last_edited=”on|desktop” admin_label=”Section” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_color=”#ffffff” custom_padding=”0px||0px|” custom_padding_tablet=”50px|0|50px|0″ custom_padding_phone=”” transparent_background=”off” padding_mobile=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ admin_label=”Row” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_image src=”https://sldconsulting.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/5F8A4218-scaled.jpg” title_text=”5F8A4218″ show_bottom_space=”off” align_tablet=”center” align_phone=”” align_last_edited=”on|desktop” admin_label=”Image – Yabome Facilitating (Pink Top)” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ animation=”off” sticky=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ text_font=”||||||||” text_font_size=”13px” text_orientation=”center” custom_padding=”||7px|||” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text - [Grey Zone Change](https://sldconsulting.org/grey-zone-change/) - Yabome's provides a guidebook for living, leading and facilitating in Grey Zone Change to achieve transformation in our times - [Contact](https://sldconsulting.org/contact/) - Yabome Gilpin-Jackson, PhD supports learning and development and helps leaders and organizations uncover possibilities and ignite transformation. - [Services](https://sldconsulting.org/services/) - Partnering with clients to design leadership development, organization development, strategic change and social change processes. - [Transformation after Trauma: The Power of Resonance](https://sldconsulting.org/resonance-where-transformation-happens-after-trauma/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.22″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.25″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” custom_padding=”||0px|”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Book Title – Transformation after Trauma” _builder_version=”4.4.2″ header_text_align=”center” header_2_font=”|700|||||||” header_2_text_align=”center” background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”] Transformation after Trauma: The Power of Resonance A new book by Dr. Yabome Gilpin-Jackson available now! On publisher site or anywhere book are sold [/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”||0px|”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” - [Testimonials](https://sldconsulting.org/testimonials/) - Testimonials from others about Yabome Gilpin-Jackson, PhD, of SLD Consulting Inc. - [Home 2 Draft](https://sldconsulting.org/home2/) - [et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ background_image=”https://sldconsulting.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/SLD-Consulting-Home-Page-Image.jpg” parallax_method=”off” custom_padding=”50px||100px|” fullwidth=”off” specialty=”off” disabled=”off” _builder_version=”3.0.92″][et_pb_row make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”off” custom_width_px=”1080px” custom_width_percent=”80%” use_custom_gutter=”off” gutter_width=”2″ padding_mobile=”off” allow_player_pause=”off” parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on” make_equal=”off” column_padding_mobile=”on” parallax_1=”off” parallax_method_1=”on” parallax_2=”off” parallax_method_2=”on” parallax_3=”off” parallax_method_3=”on” parallax_4=”off” parallax_method_4=”on” disabled=”off” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text – Uncovering Possibilities, Igniting Transformation + Social Media Icons” background_layout=”dark” text_orientation=”center” use_border_color=”off” border_style=”solid” custom_padding=”|||” disabled=”off” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial” module_alignment=”center”] - [Identities: A Short Story Collection (Discussion Guide)](https://sldconsulting.org/identities-a-short-story-collection-discussion-guide/) - [et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row custom_padding=”||0px|” _builder_version=”3.0.92″][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.92″ header_text_align=”center” header_2_font=”|700|||||||” header_2_text_align=”center”] Identities: A Short Story Collection (Discussion Guide) Companion discussion guide to accompany Dr. Yabome Gilpin-Jackson’s book Identities [/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row custom_padding=”||0px|” _builder_version=”3.0.92″][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_divider color=”#dddddd” show_divider=”on” _builder_version=”3.0.92″ custom_padding=”|||”] [/et_pb_divider][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.0.92″][et_pb_column type=”3_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text for Identities: A Short Story Collection (Discussion Guide)” _builder_version=”3.0.92″]This companion discussion guide accompanies Identities: A short ## Events - [2026: In Conversation with Black Women in Leadership-Sisterhood & Storytelling](https://sldconsulting.org/event/2026-conversation-bwil/) - @475 West Georgia Street. Space is limited. Register by February 14, 2026. Cost = $50. This Black History Month, join Dr. Yabome Gilpin-Jackson, In Conversation with Black Women in Leadership, reflecting the Canadian Black History Month theme: "30 Years of Black History Month: Honouring Black Brilliance Across Generations — From Nation Builders to Tomorrow’s Visionaries.” - [2025: Conversation with Black Women in Leadership](https://sldconsulting.org/event/2025-conversation-bwil/) - ONLINE: 9amPST/NoonEST/5pmGMT This Black History Month, join Dr. Yabome Gilpin-Jackson, In Conversation with Black Women in Leadership, reflecting the Canadian Black History Month theme: Black Legacy and Leadership: Celebrating Canadian History and Uplifting Future Generations. Black Women Leaders find themselves caught in the crossfires between the pressures of systemic inequities, leadership within those same systems and lived experiences that - [In Conversation with Black Women in Leadership](https://sldconsulting.org/event/in-conversation/) - This Black History Month, join Dr. Yabome Gilpin-Jackson, In Conversation with Black Women in Leadership across the public service, civic/community/international and business sectors in Canada. The world continues to contend with living with COVID-19, inflation, climate risks, conflicts, geopolitics, mental health and health system crisis and culture wars. All these global trends are directly impacting - [Opening Panelist: International Transformative Learning Conference 2018 (#ITLC2018)](https://sldconsulting.org/event/opening-panelist-international-transformative-learning-conference-2018-itlc2018/) - The focus will be to explore differing perspectives on Transformative Learning. The panelists will start their own story about transformative learning and the “wicked question” that they are working with in today's times. - [Staff Apprenctice: Developing the Organizational & Personal Self (D/OPs) with Fred Miller & Judith Katz of Kaleel Jamieson Consulting Group & National Training Lab (NTL)](https://sldconsulting.org/event/staff-apprenctice-developing-the-organizational-personal-self-d-ops-with-fred-miller-judith-katz-of-kaleel-jamieson-consulting-group-national-training-lab-ntl/) - Excerpts from: https://kjcg.com/events-list/2018/3/11/developing-the-organization-and-personal-self-dops-lab The Developing the Organizational and Personal Self (D/OPS) workshop enables you to explore ways to bring your best self into focus, enabling you to be more intentional, effective, and joyful in how you lead your life. D/OPS can be a place to redefine yourself and see yourself beyond the labels and roles - [A conversation on global African identities and the complexity of connections](https://sldconsulting.org/event/identities-and-connections/) - A conversation in partnership with Trish Mandewo. Trish & Yabome are award-winning African-Canadians, facilitators and leaders in organization consulting, leadership development, entrepreneurship and social change. They are both authors - Trish has an upcoming book (The Art of Building a Successful Business: An Immigrant's Perspective) and limited autographed copies of Yabome's book Identities ($20) & its discussion guide ($10) will be available for sale/pre-order at the event. Join the conversation. #africanidentities - [We Will Lead Africa Twitter Chat - April Day 2018](https://sldconsulting.org/event/we-will-lead-africa-twitter-chat-april-day-2018/) - What a year it has been for We Will Lead Africa! At the start of this year, inspired by the powerful movements and much needed representation that has been surging across the globe, we declared 2018 The Year of Voice - with a desire to contribute to this ground swell. This will be the topic - [Emcee: Soiree for Nepal](https://sldconsulting.org/event/emcee-soiree-for-nepal/) - We’re excited to welcome Yabome Gilpin-Jackson, PhD as our emcee for the evening! Dr. Yabome Gilpin-Jackson is a dreamer, doer and storyteller, committed to imagining and leading the futures we want. As an applied social scientist, she is an award-winning scholar, practitioner, and writer. She is passionate about supporting leaders and groups committed to social action - [Keynote: African Canadian Soccer and Cultural Association](https://sldconsulting.org/event/keynote-acsca/) - A keynote on leading through practice, perseverance and coaching. Copies of Dr. Gilpin-Jackson's books Identities and We Will Lead Africa will be showcased at this event and she will be available for book signings. - [One Vibe Africa's Kijiji Night 2018 - A We Will Lead Africa Reading](https://sldconsulting.org/event/one-vibe-africas-kijiji-night-2018-a-we-will-lead-africa-reading/) - A reading from We Will Lead Africa - [Identities: A short story collection - book signing encore (Chapters Coquitlam)](https://sldconsulting.org/event/identities-a-short-story-collection-book-signing-encore-chapters-coquitlam/) - Book signing in-store - [Identities: A short story collection - book signing (Chapters Metrotown)](https://sldconsulting.org/event/identities-a-short-story-collection-book-signing-chapters-metrotown/) - Summer in-person book signing for Identities. An Amazon review of Identities: "Blind spots are blind spots. We all have them when we don't know what we don't know. We all need to listen and learn from each other more!" - The Conference (story 7) This quote sums up the theme of this book perfectly. Reading - [Identities: A short story collection - book signing (Chapters Coquitlam)](https://sldconsulting.org/event/book-signing-chapters-coquitlam-2/) - Book signing in-store - [Identities: A short story collection - book signing (Indigo-Granville)](https://sldconsulting.org/event/identity-a-short-story-collection-book-signing-indigo-granville/) - Book Signing in-store - [Workshops: African Leadership Now and for the Future (South African Public Sector Leaders)](https://sldconsulting.org/event/workshops-african-leadership-now-and-for-the-future-south-african-public-sector-leaders/) - This series of workshops and train the trainer session will introduces participants to an African Leadership Model that Yabome has developed based on the research and literature on leadership in the context of African knowledge systems, norms and contexts. This model is principle-based and practical and applicable to leadership in Africa at every level, from grassroots - [Workshop and Talks at Princeton University](https://sldconsulting.org/event/workshop-and-talks-at-princeton-university/) - March 9 - Workshop for students on engaging difficult conversations March 10 - Talk on identity, diversity and Where are you from? - [Just 4 Me: Women's event @ Riverside Community Church](https://sldconsulting.org/event/just-4-me-womens-event-riverside-community-church/) - Encourage.Inspire.Love.Pray. Dr. Yabome Gilpin-Jackson will do a talk in the Ditch the Baggage series at Riverside Community Church focused on Identities and ditching patterns that keep people stuck. Her book Identities: A short story collection will be available for sale at the event and she will also do a book signing following the event. - [Book Signing: Chapters Metrotown](https://sldconsulting.org/event/book-signing-chapters-metrotown/) - Book Signing - [Book Signing: Chapters Coquitlam](https://sldconsulting.org/event/book-signing-chapters-coquitlam/) - Book Signing - [Identities: Book Celebration, Reading & Signing Event](https://sldconsulting.org/event/identities-book-celebration-reading-signing-event/) - The official book launch celebration for Identities: A short story collection. This event will include a: Book Reading Book Signing Entertainment by Yvonne Kushe & Adeyemi Taylor-Lewis Light snacks provided Autographed books available for $20 (cash, e-transfer) - [Presenter: Africa Awareness Initiative Conference](https://sldconsulting.org/event/presenter-africa-awareness-initiative-conference/) - The Africa Awareness Initiative Conference is held during the University of British Columbia's African Awareness Week. The 2017 conference theme is Identities & Pan-Africanism in the age of Globalization. The intent of the conference is to expand beyond conventional discussions about economic development in Africa to an interactive gallery of African culture and intellectual exchange. - [Paused & Present: SheLoves Magazine: Christmas, Curry & Capacity](https://sldconsulting.org/event/paused-present-sheloves-magazine-christmas-curry-capacity/) - Come, join us as we celebrate the capacity within each one of us to make this world more beautiful, even as we walk with dusty feet or tired hearts. Even when sisterhood disappoints, relationships fizzle or dreams fade. What builds capacity in you? Capacity for joy? Capacity for hope? Capacity to make peace? Yabome Gilpin-Jackson - [Praising our way forward](https://sldconsulting.org/event/praising-our-way-forward/) - Women of Destiny: Christmas in December, 2016: What are you longing for? What promise are you waiting for? What is the ONE thing you wish you could do that you haven’t yet done for whatever reason? These are the questions we are going to praise our way forward through, looking through the Christmas story and - [Where are you from?” Shifting Identity Interrogation for Interpersonal and Social Transformative Learning](https://sldconsulting.org/event/where-are-you-from/) - XII International Transformative Learning Network Conference, Engaging at the Intersections: Where are you from?” “Where are you really from?” “What is your background?” “What is your story?” I call this Identity Interrogation (II), the commonplace experience for me, a Black African woman, of being asked biographical questions by strangers. This paper examines through analytic autoethnography, - [Transform-In-Action: Transforming Stuck Issues and Relationships through Resonance](https://sldconsulting.org/event/transform-in-action-resonance/) - XII International Transformative Learning Network Conference, Engaging at the Intersections: What needs to be Transformed? What is my Interior state about this situation? [Resonance Story] What Action is needed now? In this workshop, participants will use a simple framework (Transform-in-Action) embedded in their personal stories to unlock resonance moments. Resonance opens space or creates an - [I want Transformational Change! Now Send me a Briefing Note](https://sldconsulting.org/event/i-want-transformational-change-now-send-me-a-briefing-note/) - Organization Development Network Conference 2016: OD is founded on helping an organization or system learn about itself, uncover patterns in the way of goals and realize their desired futures. Core to this practice is inquiry that has remained true throughout the shifts from diagnostic OD, to learning organizations and currently, dialogic OD methods. This session - [I want Transformational Change! 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