Tag: human activity

How one company gets it

Lead by example, they say. Find your successes in those of others. Learn from stuff someone else has already cycled through. Want to introduce the concept of spirituality to your workplace? Find a company that’s pulled it off and steal the moves from its playbook. Meet Telus. This massive telecommunications firm takes it employees’ spiritual health so seriously that Telus House Toronto, the downtown office that...


Brains be damned

So you’re a bona fide smartypants with an impressive triple-digit IQ and a wall lined with the framed documents that make it official. So what. Doesn’t mean you’re happy with your job. Doesn’t mean you tear off the covers every morning and bound into joy. But if you happen to be blessed with a good stash of emotional tackle and, moreover, have a decent handle on how to put its component parts to best employ in the...


The sense of sensemaking

Ah me, but the world is a complicated place. Every day, our senses are bombarded with new information, additional layers of complexity, fresh chaos. A system for navigating it is critical to a successful, serene existence in this universe. A thousand attempts have been made over the years to describe this uniquely human imperative, this need to wrap our minds around difficult or confusing situations. Our ability to...