#85 Transformational Leadership - conversations with Paul Kordis, part 3

This episode concludes our series of conversations with Dr. Paul Kordis on the transformational leadership. Paul has been researching writing, and speaking to groups for over 20 years about the processes of profound change. He is a globally traveled speaker and seminar leader on futuristic, human development, change and other topics. He received his Ph.D. degree (with honors) in human capital and economic development from Colorado State University in May, 2008.

His 1,500-page dissertation is entitled “The Superhighway to Serfdom: How False-Social-Norms Marketing is Hijacking the American Dream.” He is a co-author (with Dudley Lynch) of the books The Strategy of the Dolphin: Scoring a Win in a Chaotic World, which has become a best seller, and Code of the Monarch: A Guide to the Real Global Business Revolution. He is also the author (with his wife, Susan) of the book Name Your Passion: A User’s Guide to Finding Your Personal Purpose.

Today’s conversation touches upon the following topics:

• Resistance to Change
• Taking Responsibility
• Head, Heart, and Hand
• Emotional “Proud Flesh”
• Through Suffering to Joy
• Poetry – David Whyte

#84 Transformational Leadership - conversations with Paul Kordis, part 2

We are continuing our series of conversations with Dr. Paul Kordis on the transformational leadership. Paul has been researching writing, and speaking to groups for over 20 years about the processes of profound change. He is a globally traveled speaker and seminar leader on futuristic, human development, change and other topics. He received his Ph.D. degree (with honors) in human capital and economic development from Colorado State University in May, 2008.

His 1,500-page dissertation is entitled “The Superhighway to Serfdom: How False-Social-Norms Marketing is Hijacking the American Dream.” He is a co-author (with Dudley Lynch) of the books The Strategy of the Dolphin: Scoring a Win in a Chaotic World, which has become a bestseller, and Code of the Monarch: A Guide to the Real Global Business Revolution. He is also the author (with his wife, Susan) of the book Name Your Passion: A User’s Guide to Finding Your Personal Purpose.

Today’s conversation touches upon the following topics:

• The Dark Side of the US Politics
• The Dark Side of Business and Organizations
• Blindness to the pattern
• Emotions of change (see the article at Human Capital Sustainability)
• As above, so below
  • From system level to personal level
• Why acknowledging the dark side is importart?

#83 Transformational Leadership - conversations with Paul Kordis, part 1

Today, we are bringing you another series of conversations with Dr. Paul Kordis, this time on the transformational leadership. Paul has been researching writing, and speaking to groups for over 20 years about the processes of profound change. He is a globally traveled speaker and seminar leader on futuristic, human development, change and other topics. He received his Ph.D. degree (with honors) in human capital and economic development from Colorado State University in May, 2008.

His 1,500-page dissertation is entitled “The Superhighway to Serfdom: How False-Social-Norms Marketing is Hijacking the American Dream.” He is a co-author (with Dudley Lynch) of the books The Strategy of the Dolphin: Scoring a Win in a Chaotic World, which has become a best seller, and Code of the Monarch: A Guide to the Real Global Business Revolution. He is also the author (with his wife, Susan) of the book Name Your Passion: A User’s Guide to Finding Your Personal Purpose.

Today’s conversation touches upon the following topics:

• Dark and Light Side of Leadership
  • The two extremes, and the middle – the transactional nature of leadership.
• The 3-legged stool
  • The Seat: Doing the right thing
  • The legs:
    • Do you want to do it? Motivation, intrinsic and extrinsic
    • Can you do it? (Skills, abilities, etc)
    • The Resources – that’s where the leadership really falls into (tangible, intangible, etc.)
  • The “Race Car Driver” model
• Transformational Leadership
  • Considering the emotional and spiritual aspects of leadership, in addition to the transactional aspect.
  • Comes difficult in the business environments where the main idea is that the only purpose of business is profit. Yet when implemented, transformational leadership brings lots of profit.
  • Ethics
• The Dark Side of Leadership
  • How it’s been ignored for too long, and what it cost us. A good leader should lead people to confront the dark side.

the Belief in scarcity leads to Coercion

“Scarcity has always been imposed upon the community to serve the interests of those in control. Scarcity has been maintained by the system of organization so as to perpetuate inequity in service of the privileged. Privilege requires coercion; coercion is justified on the basis of scarcity. In the absence of coercion and in the presence of scarcity is the actuality ‘war if each against all’. So scarcity has always been jealously guarded as a justification for the use of force. The use of force requires social acquiescence if it is to have persistence as a means of control. But availability of resources is limited only by the poverty of ideas.

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If you doubt this, consider the fact that the mutual convertibility of the elements means that all things are available everywhere; what is lacking are the ideas about how to get at those things. And this general principle applies not only to this extreme case. Ideas have always been controlled for the benefit of the few: the chief, the shaman, the God-king, the priesthood, the lord, … the power elite. It is in the control of ideas that we find the source of scarcity, and hence the justification of coercion.”

– an excerpt from “The Moon of Hoa Binh” by Cong Huen Ton Nu Nha Trang and William Pensinger.

#51 Transforming Business and Life with David Neenan, part 3

We are continuing our conversation with David Neenan – the creator of the pioneering Archistruction(R) process for planning, designing, and managing building construction projects. As president of The Neenan Company, he has combined leading-edge information processing and design methods and innovative “people” approaches to reengineer how the construction process works from conception to completion. His company uses the Archistruction methods to design and costruct office, medical, retail, and light industrial buildings for clients throughout the Rocky Mountain region from offices in Fort Collins, Denver, and Colorado Springs. David is also a nationally recognized seminar leader, keynode speaker, business consultant, and the author of books such as “Evergreen” and “No Excuses: be the hero of your own life”. He has produced his “Business & You” and other seminars in Colorado, Hawaii, California, Texas, Vermont, Taiwan, Sweden, Moscow, and Siberia. He and his wife, Sharon, live in Fort Collins, Colorado.

Topics covered in this episode:

• Archistruction
  • Why only building buildings?
  • Casper – lost $670K while having $93K
• It’s the mutants that make it
  • The learners will inherit the Earth (Marshall & taking the doors out)
• How do you transcend the parts and include the whole
  • Transition to system 7
• Family – applying same principles
  • The Nurture Assumption (book) – kids are more influenced by teenage peers, not by their parents
• Finding a partner for life

[techtags: David Neenan, Archistruction, Business, Existentialism]

Hernando de Soto - Presentation at CSU

Presentation given at CSU College of Business Sept. 24, 2006.

The actual Hernando’s presentation starts at 21 min into the video.

Hernando de Soto - Capitalism at Crossroads

“Capitalism can be the engine by which the poor, set free in an open marketplace, can raise themselves from poverty. We must give them the tools. We ignore them at our peril.” (Hernando de Soto)

[techtags: Hernando de Soto, David Neenan, Capitalism, Economics]

#50 Transforming Business and Life with David Neenan, part 2

We are continuing our conversation with David Neenan – the creator of the pioneering Archistruction(R) process for planning, designing, and managing building construction projects. As president of The Neenan Company, he has combined leading-edge information processing and design methods and innovative “people” approaches to reengineer how the construction process works from conception to completion. His company uses the Archistruction methods to design and costruct office, medical, retail, and light industrial buildings for clients throughout the Rocky Mountain region from offices in Fort Collins, Denver, and Colorado Springs. David is also a nationally recognized seminar leader, keynode speaker, business consultant, and the author of books such as “Evergreen” and “No Excuses: be the hero of your own life”. He has produced his “Business & You” and other seminars in Colorado, Hawaii, California, Texas, Vermont, Taiwan, Sweden, Moscow, and Siberia. He and his wife, Sharon, live in Fort Collins, Colorado.

Topics covered in this episode:

• Reinventing oneself – making mistakes at a higher level
• Dynamic capitalism – Hernando DeSoto
  1. LLC
  2. Private property rights
  3. Open banking system
  4. Rule of law
• ILD – Institute of Liberty and Democracy
• Readiness factor – mapping out countries and their transitions
  • Readiness for change
  • What kind of change
• Choosing opportunities to serve – how to choose the most effective ones?
  • 8-min video with Hernando
  • Showing results – Peru: getting a marriage license
• Diagnostics – finding the critical points
• Story – sardine factory

[techtags: David Neenan, Archistruction, Business, Existentialism]

#49 Transforming Business and Life with David Neenan, part 1

David Neenan is the creator of the pioneering Archistruction(R) process for planning, designing, and managing building construction projects. As president of The Neenan Company, he has combined leading-edge information processing and design methods and innovative “people” approaches to reengineer how the construction process works from conception to completion. His company uses the Archistruction methods to design and costruct office, medical, retail, and light industrial buildings for clients throughout the Rocky Mountain region from offices in Fort Collins, Denver, and Colorado Springs. David is also a nationally recognized seminar leader, keynode speaker, business consultant, and the author of books such as “Evergreen” and “No Excuses: be the hero of your own life”. He has produced his “Business & You” and other seminars in Colorado, Hawaii, California, Texas, Vermont, Taiwan, Sweden, Moscow, and Siberia. He and his wife, Sharon, live in Fort Collins, Colorado.

Topics covered in this episode:

• Changing Schools
  • Most beloved and hated man in town
  • Dealing with the School District – introducing superlearning into schools
• Observing the Observer
  • Handling opposition – Separate the observer from what is being observed
  • Observe the observer you are – learn from it
• Solving business problems – it’s about changing your life
• Confucius story
  • Always expect the unexpected
• Learning organization
  • vs. fighting or sleeping organizations
• Discover your magnifiscence in a breakdown
• Existentialism
  • I’m born free, make choices from my freedom
  • Responsibility – accountable for my decisions
  • Anxiety – the elixir of life
  • Evil
  • Death
• Taking responsibility
  • Patterns – what stops people, and what helps them to break through
  • If you have a problem, your options:
    • You can change yourself
    • You can change the system
    • You can get out
    • You can choose to suffer (99% of unconscious choice)
  • If you think your leader sucks, look in the mirror
  • Setting the right expectations
  • Biggest mistake in starting a company – thinking that everyone is like me
• Hiring is a crap shoot

[techtags: David Neenan, Archistruction, Business, Existentialism]

The Corporation Is Available as a Free Download -

The award winning
Canadian documentary ‘The Corporation’ has been released on
BitTorrent for free. Filmmaker Mark Achbar just released an updated
“official” torrent of it. Everyone is free to download,
watch, discuss, and share it.

The Corporation
received more than 20 awards, including an audience award at the the
prestigious Sundance Film Festival. The Film gives insight into the
inner workings of large and powerful corporations, and how these affect
our society.

The new torrent download includes a high-quality
rip of the master DVD and a 40 minute interview with Joel Bakan, the
author of the book and writer of the film. Mark Achbar actually
dedicated a computer in his garage to do nothing but seed.

Although
the torrent download is free, the filmmakers encourage people to donate
a small fee if they like what they see. We asked Mark Achbar how the
first round of donations went. He said, “since my initial torrent launch
of The Corporation at the end of August, there have been $635.00 in
contributions. They ranged from $2 to three very generous gifts of $100
each. All are very much appreciated.”

[techtags: the corporation, radical change group, leadership, sun dance]

Frank Herbert interview. Political prophecy.

Frank Herbert interview. Political prophecy.
Prophetic interview with Frank Herbert, the creator of the Dune saga.
“Leaders mistakes are amplified by those who follow them without
question.” His books were metaphors for oil dependency, pollution,
corruption, and govt. control.

Technorati Tags: radical nlp, radical change group, frank herbert, dune, political prophecy

#22 Freedom, Manipulation & Influence

• Common definitions “Personal” Freedom – I, Me and Myself
• Manipulation of others
• Influence as sneaky manipulation
• Where does this power trip takes us
• It is an evolutionary stage
• Self-control and freedom for others – turning it around 180 degrees
• Ethical Influence
  • Systemic influence
  • From mind trip to the path of the heart
• Tools we used to bring out these notions in us
  • Observing life
  • Body-based work, following one’s heart
  • Sharing

#15 From Fear to Excellence

• Defining emotional states and goals
  • States – precursors of the life you’re living and the life you’re meant to live
  • Have a clear goal
  • Need both to achieve success
• Specific NLP techniques
  • Circle of excellence
  • Time line: creating a compelling future
  • Using poetry and martial arts in combination: being in a state where everything is possible
• Why some people fail to achieve their goals?
  • The two most important questions that must be asked in the correct order
  • The lack of connection between the big goal and the daily routine
  • Three things:
    1. You need to want to have a dream
    2. You have to know how to set goals and dream – it has a structure
    3. Follow your dream
• How to set and achieve goals?
  • Now starting and end points
  • S.M.A.R.T goals
  • Time line way
  • The way of adventure
• Personal examples
  • Programming a large system
  • Focusing on the inside
  • Walking your path

  [techtags: NLP, goal setting, goals, circle of excellence, time line, Rilke, ]