Let your intention be simple
These days I have the enormous privilege of co-facilitating a group with a formidable Jesuit priest. We jokingly tell each other that I am in charge of the psychosocial part and he is in charge of spirituality, but we actually form an integrated pair! The word intention comes from the Latin in tendere, to tend […]
What if subtraction helped us to be in touch with purpose? Thinking and acting by subtraction – Part two
So what can we do? The solution is not to eliminate addition completely, it is not in binary and polarized thinking… what we can do is, every time we think about a problem, remind ourselves that there is also the possibility of taking away. So it is not a question of stopping adding, we have […]
What if subtraction helped us to be in touch with purpose? – Part one
The following post is an excerpt of a talk that Nexus gave at one of two conferences, held at a large multinational company, on the day that is annually dedicated to a collective reflection on purpose. We will publish it in two parts, corresponding to two blogposts, one, this week, introductory and one, next week, […]
Easter and Regeneration
In the Christian tradition, Easter is the most important of all feasts – more important than Christmas itself. Why? Because it is then that the resurrection is being revealed; it is then that we discover that death is not the end, but only a passage towards renewed life. Whether we choose to have faith […]
Organisational Purpose: Starting with Why
Purpose is a powerful way of motivating people for action; of clarifying the ultimate goal your organisation is setting for itself, the primary “Why” that won’t change even if you might pivot several times on your “What“, and perhaps your “How“. In this short video, we bring together several approaches to Purpose-lead organisations, in order […]
