Communities Build on Strengths & Getting Reacquainted With Your Money

Vancouver Community Builds on Strengths

Stories become richer, connections deeper, as more time is taken

The DalaiLama Center for Peace and Education, in partnership with a Vancouver service agency, is exploring how building on strengths in the community can contribute to raising children who are compassionate, confident and co-operative. Read More

Why it's Time to Get Reacquainted with Your Money

Investment consultant says shareholder engagement critical to companies adopting stronger social/environmental policies

Here's a different outlook on the financial crisis: what if everyone invested in the stock market is partly responsible because they allowed their money to be managed without much insight or scrutiny? Read More

Victor Garcia Speaks to Reluctant Cincinnatians

Strengths effort about engaging 'improbable' parts of community in new way

Victor Garcia suggests those still reluctant about joining the new Appreciative Inquiry (AI), systems and design-thinking effort underway in Cincinnati consider it in a different light. Read More

Advocacy Blog

Making the World Smaller for a Storyteller

Feeding a lust of travel from a desk in Peterborough

I'll begin with a cliché; sometimes they're the most appropriate phrase to describe a feeling.

It's a small world.

See, aside from telling stories, I'm a person who lusts for travel and the experiences that come with meeting new faces and seeing new places. The best stories can be found along the road. Read More

Stories At Work

Power in Professional Storytelling
Stories binding stakeholders in long-term care organization
The strength of an organization is the sum of all parts, and when it comes to Schlegel Villages, which is comprised of 11 long-term care and retirement residences spread across southern Ontario, the parts cover a wide range of stakeholders.

There are stories that bind them all. Read More

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