By Jim Selman | Bio
I work with organizations that are attempting
to change. At the beginning of working with a new client, I point out
what’s missing for any organization that has recurring or seemingly
intractable problems: what’s missing is a different way of observing.
Whether we’re talking about a company, a community or a continent, a new
perspective always gives us an opening to create new possibilities,
have new choices and take new actions: a new way of observing the world
effectively gives us a different future than some variation of ‘more of
the same’. We need to stop asking what the problems are and start
asking why they persist. When we do, we begin to realize that we
have a paradigm problem. Until we deal with that, none of our seemingly
intractable problems—from staggering debt to unending war, climate
change to the underlying causes of the mortgage crises—can be solved.
Albert Einstein expressed this concisely when he said that sometimes our
problems cannot be solved by thinking the way we thought when we
created them.[ Read More]
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Today marks the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
When the declaration was signed in 1948, it was the first time in
history that nations came together to agree on
basic principles of justice, equality, and rights for all. The Univeral
Declaration has become the most translated, the most 'universal' in the
world. The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights was awarded
the Guiness World Record for collecting, translating and disseminating
the Universal Declaration in more than 300 language and dialects. 2008
is also the 10th anniversary of the UN Declaration of Human Rights Defenders, which recognizes the importance and legitimacy of the work of human rights defenders and their need for better protection.[ Read More]
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By Jim Selman | Bio
There is an amazing website called The Brave Nation
that is showcasing people who’ve made a difference. Many of these
examples of human vision, commitment and perseverance are boomers who
challenged ‘the system’ in the '60s and '70s and are now sharing their
experience with the current generation of ‘change agents’. It is
inspiring to remember and reconnect with the idealism of our youth and
perplexing to wonder what happened to so many of us who have drifted
into complacency about (or in some cases complicity with) current
events.[ Read More]
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Today is International Women’s Day—a day to celebrate the political,
social and economic achievements of women around the world, a day to
promote political and human rights in countries where violence and
inequity still make life a struggle for women, and, in an increasing
number of countries, a day to express love and sympathy to the women in
your life. The theme for 2007 is “Ending Impunity for Violence against
Women and Girls”. [ Read More]
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