February 2010 Blog Posts (6)

Querido amigos Chilenos (y Latinos) del World Café,

Les envió mis sentimientos de solidaridad i preocupación en la ocación del terremoto que sufrieron en Santiago i Concepción. Ruego a la fuerza energética i a Diós que protegen a ustedes i sus familias en los próximos días.

Tengan mucho quidado.

Eugene Boeldak

Beginning in March I will present the Seven Steps to Personal and Community Transformation in a lecture/workshop series, exploring what our families, communities, nations, cultures and planet can do to change our future.

The presentations will be highly experiential, drawing upon the approaches I have developed utilizing tools like deep relaxation, meditation, guided imagery, prayer, music, movement, and

sharing in a safe environment.…

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A teacher is like a light which spreads its shine in the mind of students. I wonder how important is the job of the teacher. Yet, around the world there is a crises of quality teachers. What is a quality teacher? I believe the quality teacher is the one who has the capacity to inspire and create new minds. He should have passion, competence and Integrity.

What is passion then? Passion is that enthusiasm and fire within a teacher which constrantly drives to push…

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Hi Everyone,



I had the privilege of co-hosting 1 of 6 half day Cafes on homelessness for state and local agencies in the North East region ( Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire and Rhode Island). Tuesday Ryan Hart speaks to the context for this wonderful work: "The US Interagency Council on Homelessness is beginning to develop a federal strategic plan around

homelessness and is looking to bring the voices of various stakeholders

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Global warming has sent the mildest winter I remember into Nova Scotia.here on the lakes we got to go skating just this week and in two more it will be over.Unlike most I sigh to see the winter go.Issy our Boarder Collie is in agreement he carries chunks of ice up to the shore for chewing......whats a dog to do!!!

We do not have the bird action from other winters this year thay may not have had to come as far south for food this year.No redpoles.Lots of doves pigeons starlings and…

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I blogged earlier about the puzzle in which a 50-year-old insight was being presented as a ‘new’ breakthrough in Harvard Business Review (The Edward 1 approach to running call centres, 11 Dec 09).



It reminded me of an observation by Richard Kwiatkowski at Cranfield University, that some of the ‘new’ ideas such as emotional intelligence and employee engagement were well understood, and supported with a research base, in the 1920s and 1930s. Similarly, economists have been dusting off… Continue