Posts by Louisa

Dear reader, What is Emotional intelligence?  Here’s what Wikipedia has to say: Emotional intelligence (EI), also known as emotional quotient (EQ), is the ability to perceive, use, understand, manage, and handle emotions.  And, why should you care?  Because emotions are part of the whole human experience and whether you know it or not, and perhaps…

Dear reader, My favorite thing to do when coaching or writing is to discover how far upstream one can go in researching and exploring a particular limit or issue. In doing so, I have found that the problems that we experience in life often have their causes and effects far apart in space and time,…

Dear reader, I have found that most, if not all, the issues I’ve encountered in coaching over the years have to do with what I call reclaiming agency. By that I mean the degree of agency we believe we have over the circumstances playing out in our lives and work. What can get us stuck is the…

Dear reader, In my last article I promised to share more about the methodology I’ve developed and used with clients over the years. So in this article I’m going to explore a couple of  instruments or frameworks I made so you can have a taste for what capability development looks like up close. I decided…

Hello dear reader, I’ve been offline lately helping a business with production and marketing strategies, and its been a while since I last had time to write a thoughtful article to share. While I’ve been away, I’ve also been thinking a great deal about methodology — specifically related to culture development within an organization or…

Dear reader, I wrote in my last article that we need to think in terms of healing when it comes to social renewal. Today I want to take a look at what social healing could entail. As usual, I tackle a topic that is far too big for one small article and I’m not trying to…

A very happy new year to you! 2025 is already shaping up to be another interesting and pivotal year for our world. As we continue our collective journey into the New, here’s what I’d like to propose we all prioritize this year. Everything that we do, individually and collectively, needs to be accomplished through the…

Dear reader, I wrote last time about the one thing we miss about culture, and now I want to introduce for your consideration a “first principle” — another one thing I believe tends to get missed. And that is, your inner life — your soul as the sum total of your thoughts, feelings, and motives — is the…

“There is one thing in this world you must never forget to do. If you forget everything else and not this, there’s nothing to worry about, but if you remember everything else and forget this, then you will have done nothing in your life”. — Rumi Dear reader, What is generally completely ignored about culture…

Dear reader, Our recent elections here in America have revealed that social unrest is on the rise and, it seems, also in many countries in the west. We are seeing a battle waging between the old world with its increasingly controlling behaviors to maintain its relevance, and a populace who struggle under pressure from worsening…

Culture in an organization is an invisible, intangible and qualitative “field” that, while it can be measured and observed, is really to be found in the quality of the inner life of people and in the spaces between people. It’s difficult to control or manage this, as people are free to think, feel, and engage…

Leo is our office mascot, a border collie cross. He has two loves in life: chasing frisbees (he’s a professional) and helping in the kitchen (so he thinks). Leo is all expressive energy and joy, but he’s a stranger to the kinds of soul dilemmas we humans struggle with daily, like doubt, fear, or resentment.…