Transforming the Transformers, Transforming Ourselves

September 25, 2013

We note that the wider world is yearning for alternatives to unilateral power in the efforts at collaborative action at this point in the Syrian war; in the anguish among Americans that our political parties are losing all capacity for productive dialogue, not only between Republicans and Democrats, but within each party as well. Moreover, […]

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Action Inquiry and the Boston Marathon Bombings – Unilateral vs. Mutual Power

May 2, 2013

The Marathon bombing and the gradually unfolding story of the motives of the bombing brothers has fueled an ongoing meditation worldwide – but especially in the U.S., particularly in Boston, and perhaps most specifically among those of us at the Action Inquiry workshop – about what kind of power can create the world we all […]

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Collaborative Developmental Action Inquiry

December 9, 2012

How is action inquiry a profoundly different leadership skill and capacity from anything offered via courses, workshops, coaching,and consultation based on other theories and practices? And how can we at AIA claim to be effective at supporting you to engage in timely and transforming leadership action? First, AIA’s approach is powerful because the theory and […]

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Announcing “Action Inquiry: The Secret of Timely Leadership”

August 15, 2012

Greetings – some of you for the first time, some of you once again – NOW, in the mid-summer of the Olympics, of the Syrian “civil” war, of the stalled US election campaign, and of continued global warming and extreme climates… Here, at the home of Action Inquiry Leadership, we are delighted to be looking […]

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Our Start Up

May 25, 2012

My initial blog entry “Action Inquiry: A Personal Note” discusses what I mean by action inquiry in a general way. In the intervening two months, my three associates – Elaine, Mary, Dana – and I have been working hard to construct this website and accomplish the myriad of related tasks involved in starting up this […]

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Action Inquiry: A Personal Note

March 19, 2012

In order for you to know why and how I do the different things I do (teach, consult, do research, write, host small intensive communities of inquiry, even garden), you need to know my fundamental concern. My fundamental concern throughout my adulthood has been how to learn and exercise timely action/leadership in everyday life i.e. […]

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