Perspectivizing: Three actions that increase collective insight

Adapted from the book, Tribal Alchemy: Turning What You Have Into What You Need. D. Fleming. 2016. A Tribal Alchemy Resource.   Ingenious tribes "perspectivize." Yep, I just turned the word perspective into a verb. Perspectivizing happens when people weave multiple perspectives together in order to ingeniously arrange resources for greater effectiveness, productivity and efficiency. [...]

Perspectivizing: Three actions that increase collective insight2016-07-25T05:04:39-04:00

No Risk, No Collective Ingenuity

Adapted from the Book, Tribal Alchemy: Turning What You Have Into What You Need. (2016) A Tribal Alchemy Resource. Get your copy at Amazon.com (just click the link above). --- As a kid, my favorite part of the circus was the trapeze act. I would sit in anticipation and stare at the motionless swings. How [...]

No Risk, No Collective Ingenuity2016-07-01T11:05:32-04:00

Reflections on Orlando–Moving from Hate to Hope

"Not again."   These were the words that entered my mind when I first heard about the mass shooting in Orlando. I tried all Sunday morning to write something I could share with you today. I searched for words that would remind us of our more noble and shared ideals. I tried to find ideas [...]

Reflections on Orlando–Moving from Hate to Hope2016-06-13T05:44:00-04:00

Increase Tribal Alchemy Through Personal Creativity

A number of years ago a friend asked me to speak to her college art class about artful living. The college was located in downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. I arrived early—which seems to be a dysfunction of mine— and decided to walk around the streets of the city. At one point, I noticed a cluster of [...]

Increase Tribal Alchemy Through Personal Creativity2016-05-06T06:49:01-04:00