Leadership Spotlight: Deb Knopp and organizational wellness

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Deb Knopp is the HR Coordinator for Pacific Community Resources Society (PCRS). She is one of the many Leadership 2020 participants that have applied the program’s teachings to the day-to-day work at their organization. One of the key values shared by everyone at PCRS is wellbeing. All staff ...Read More

2020 Resources – Reflections on mindfulness

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I went on my first 10-day silent meditation retreat 34 years ago. Back then, I didn’t dare tell anyone at work that I was meditating. Even telling friends and family was a challenge. They wondered out loud if I was going to shave my hair and head to India, or renounce my worldly possessions, or whether I could lev ...Read More

2020 Resources – TED talks on the benefits of sleep

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Every time I read an article on the importance of sleep and the negative cumulative impact of insufficient sleep, I cringe. For decades, I was one of those people that confidently stated, “I only need 5 hours of sleep a night.” Now I am confident that I simply can’t bring my best to the world if I keep starving m ...Read More

2020 Resources – Thinking about wellness

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In Leadership 2020, we offer a simple framework for assessing our wellness practices, adapted from the First Nation’s Healthy Authority’s perspective on wellness and wholism. A visual of this is offered below. You can use whatever labels make sense to you but the key point is to attend to the different dimensions ...Read More

Nine self-care reminders for the over-committed activist

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In her article, Nine self-care reminders for the over-committed activist, Vancouver-based Christine Boyle writes that: “the idea of self-care bubbles up every now and then in community and activist circles. It’s not an easy topic; often associated with self-indulgence, it can be seen as a luxury that ca ...Read More

2020 Resources – What Makes a Good Life?

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Recommended TED talk: Lessons from the Longest Study on Human Happiness by Robert Waldinger Robert Waldinger, a professor at Harvard Medical School is the Director of a study that has been tracking two groups of men (and now their partners and children) for 75 years. One group is comprised of Harvard graduates and the other fro ...Read More

Positive Teams are More Productive

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Positive Teams are More Productive, by Emma Seppala (Harvard Business Review, March 2015) One of the first things to note about this very short article is that is written by the Science Director of Stanford University’s Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education. Think about the fact that an institution like Sta ...Read More

Resources on Theory U

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In the Leadership 2020 final residencies we work extensively with Theory U as both a framework for the final week’s design and as a method for change leadership. Our design and hosting team loves working with Theory U as participants both ‘see themselves’ within the model/method and discover a language and process that informs their ...Read More

Margaret Wheatley: Turning to One Another

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From Margaret Wheatley, Turning to One Another, 2009 In working with many people in very different cultures, I’ve learned to define leadership differently than most. A leader is anyone willing to help, anyone who sees something that needs to change and takes the first steps to influence that situation. It might be a parent who inter ...Read More

2020 Resources – CBC’s 8th Fire

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As a CBC Broadcaster, Wab Kinew hosted a series of programs entitled 8th Fire – Aboriginal People, Canada and the Way Forward. The title 8th Fire is a reference to the Anishinaabe prophecy “that suggests now is the time to fix the relationship between Indigenous people and others. Embracing a way of life built on spirituali ...Read More