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The Time for Thought and Action
Jun 15 2020
Coronavirus has amplified my preoccupation with thought vs action. For those of us who score high in the FEBI© Visionary category, 12 weeks of lockdown limiting external distractions is verdant breeding ground for introspection.

CAMPAIGN FEVER: HOW WE’VE TURNED INDIGNATION INTO A NATIONAL PASTIME (AND THE FIRST FLIP TOWARD A BETTER COUNTRY)
Nov 03 2016
Ginny Whitelaw for Integral Post: November 2nd, 2016 “It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man…

Connected Leadership for a Connected Age
Sep 12 2016
September 2016 Brown and crinkled leaves begin to collect on my patio, the vanguard of the leaf-onslaught to come. Did summer already shoot by? Not…

Women of the Land
Aug 29 2016
Two groups of women, training at a Zen Dojo, thirty years apart. I met the first group when I was a Chozen-ji live-in. For three…

Forget Democrats and Republicans – What Kind of Convention are YOU Hosting?
Jun 24 2016
For those of you living outside the US or under a rock, you may have missed it: the most bloody, angry, and divisive presidential primary…

TRUMP, HAMILTON, AND THE ZEN LEADER WALK INTO A BAR…
May 16 2016
Ginny Whitelaw for Integral Post: May 9th, 2016 OK, so that didn’t literally happen, but it’s a figurative summary of my week. On Monday, I…

The Energy of Agile Leadership: from Antenna to Arrow
Apr 29 2016
Leadership runs on energy. As that energy runs through the human nervous system, four patterns emerge that show up in four ways of moving, four…

Zen, Leadership, and What I Learned About Organizer Energy
Nov 01 2015
Gold-lit leaves in no hurry to reach the ground, join woody ground-smells as summer’s growth becomes fall’s carpet. Exploding senses, deep-rooted training, and a profound…

Taking Ownership: How We Avoid It and How Zen Tackles Avoidance
Aug 14 2015
Ginny Whitelaw for Integral Post: May 14th, 2014 I was watching a gastronomically challenging documentary the other night: Forks over Knives . It came out a…