Ideas Library

What does imagination have to do with meaningful change? Jill Barrett explores neuroscience, insight and the role visioning can play in helping us see and move toward new possibilities.

What makes an innovative team exceptional? Jeremy Spaulding reflects on an award-winning innovation lab and how trust, psychological safety and collaboration created a culture where ideas flourished.

We learn some of our most useful lessons under turbulent conditions. These lessons can start when the predominant cultural narratives of our day interrupt our growth as people. In this extraordinary year of 2020, we must all decide which cultural narratives to defy and which to gracefully assimilate into our hearts, minds and bodies.

At Evolve, we often start coaching and facilitation sessions with a few moments of deep, mindful breathing in order to summon present-moment awareness and calm. You can bring this practice into your home as you and your loved ones navigate these stressful, uncertain times.

As coaches, we appreciate that the Enneagram leads to self-awareness, self-understanding and self-development. What’s unique about the Enneagram amongst other personality systems is the mapping of an adult developmental pathway for each personality type.

This summer, I spent a few peaceful weeks in Owosso, Michigan, a city of 15,000 that is 30 miles west of Flint. Each day, I watched a vast field of grain and grass come alive in the morning sun. Yellow finches, blue jays, red cardinals and speckled woodpeckers took turns at the feeder.