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Dr. Christine McDougall-Interview with the Positive Deviant Coach

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1 Tell us something about Positive Deviants Network. What exactly are positive deviants? Positive Deviants are those rare people who see the world differently. They don't see problems, they see the opportunity for solutions. They are creative, absent of ego, interested in service, have extreme morals and ethics, and truly walk to the beat of a different drum. They often feel isolated, misunderstood, or frustrated because few people 'speak their language' or 'get' their vision. I have a summary of their characteristics here. http://www.positive-deviant.com/positive-deviant-characteristics.html Being a Positive deviant myself, I wanted to create a home for liked minded positive deviants to meet, share, break down the walls of isolation, and potentially collaborate on solutions for some of the world’s most wicked problems. 2 Why did you name your Blog Guinea Pig C? Guinea Pig C was inspired by my life long teacher, R. Buckminster Fuller. Bucky create...

3R for Organizational Growth and 3E for Personal Growth

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3R and 3E -Models of Sustainable Success for Organizations and Individuals 3R Model for Organizational Growth by Jennifer Sertl Resilience, Responsiveness and Reflection In the midst of so much data and so many choices, it is vital to create filters as a means to help you synthesize both what you pay attention to and also how you want to present yourself to the macro. Naming and claiming a filter is vital. If I only had one word to brand or describe what I hope to contribute, I would use the word Agility - both as a filter as well as the contribution I want to make. I would then further describe Agility with three terms Resilience, Responsiveness and Reflection.  Here is how I make these terms both actionable as well as mental muscles I practice .... Resilience How well you bounce back from failure. How well you learn from that failure and also inform the entire eco-system of that learning so the lesson can be scaled. Diversity of experience--The more robust ...

WEB approach to Peak Potential

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How can we realise our peak performance potential? What role does spirituality play in realizing our peak potential? How do move from the web of life to the web of happiness, joy and peak performance? I have developed WEB approach to answers these questions, which I was facing from clients regularly.  WEB stands for Whole (Holistic), Energy and Balance . Let me explain what I mean by these terms, what their connection with spirituality is and how these concepts help us in realizing our peak potential in our personal and professional lives. Whole -We are getting too specialization oriented and forgetting the big picture. Let us say, you are a finance specialist. Does that mean, you only need knowledge of finance? No you must understand the relationship Finance has with HR, marketing, IT and Production. That’s why I always say, “You need to be a Jack of all trades and Master of one.” Even in MBA institutes the focus is shifting to understanding the holistic nature of thing...