by ajrobinson | Jun 24, 2020 | Collective Conversations, Culture Change, Headlines
I had an experience more than twenty years ago with a white bus driver that profoundly altered my world view. The year was 1996, the month of June to be precise, and I was near the tail end of my second year in graduate school at Harvard. In fact, it was also a few...
by ajrobinson | Jun 3, 2020 | Collective Conversations, Collective Impact, Culture Change, Engagement, Headlines, Mobilization
“The amount of suffering in our lives reflects the gap between what we crave and what we have.” Those words were written by Roger Walsh in Essential Spirituality. Immediately following that profound sentence Walsh adds: “Craving creates suffering by producing...
by ajrobinson | May 17, 2020 | Collective Conversations, Headlines
The headline and the opening sentences caught our eye: “The Irish are repaying a favor from 173 years ago in Native Americans’ fight against coronavirus”: “More than 170 years ago, the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma didn’t have much. The tribe suffered devastation...
by ajrobinson | May 3, 2020 | Collective Conversations, Collective Impact, Headlines
Imagine walking into a crowded auditorium. You scan the room with your eyes and notice different groups of people, huddled in small circles, engaged in conversations only they can hear. What do you do? Where do you go? Most importantly, how do you join an existing...
by ajrobinson | Oct 20, 2018 | Collective Conversations, Collective Impact, Culture Change, Engagement, Executive Leadership, Headlines, Mobilization, Retention
Large scale transitions are easier when there’s a reservoir of trust available. This was confirmed for me last week, after a powerful 2-day training event with a major American corporation. I was invited to deliver a full-day training workshop on the topic of...
by ajrobinson | Jul 15, 2018 | Collective Conversations, Collective Impact
While on Sabbatical, I took the opportunity to reflect on many of the seminal moments in the company’s first decade or so of existence. As you might imagine, several themes continuously emerged as I reflected on our work and our impact. At the very top of the...