I wonder how many of you, like me, have wondered how best to use one’s experience, skills and knowledge in the world? This can happen at any stage in life but for me it was particularly an issue upon ‘retirement’ from the full responsibilities of a CEO role and the demands involved – into what? … Continued

I work in international software business and on my journey searching for learning about leadership I’ve come across Amara. Within the last six months I’ve participated in two separate Amara workshops and while they’ve provided plenty of great thoughts and techniques – mindfulness training is one of them. Right before the first workshop I read through Bill Torbert’s book Action Inquiry, … Continued

A year ago, with colleagues in Amara, I set up to pursue a vision to “Double the number of leaders with transformational leadership capacity worldwide in 25 years”. Our aim is not to do it ourselves, but to be the catalysts for making it happen. Working for such a big vision demands devotion, determination and … Continued

2015, June 1-3rd we had experienced the second Amara Transformational workshop in Finland. At the Open Space session teams mixed of facilitators and participants co-created inquiry to questions from the audience. I‘ve got joy to jump into the group coping with tough existential question How to get out of the box? The conversation created insights … Continued

Luin tänä aamuna uutisen Tsetsenian johtajan kommentista kohuttuun avioliittoon. Ramzan Kadyrov on Ylen uutisen mukaan kehottanut miehiä estämään vaimojaan käyttämästä pikaviestipalvelua WhatsAppia.– Lukitkaa heidät sisään, älkää päästäkö heitä ulos, niin eivät viestitä mitään, Kadyrovin kerrotaan sanoneen. Ottamatta kantaa siihen, onko uutinen totta vai ei, pidän sitä oivana pelosta kumpuavan johtamisen esimerkkinä. Tiesitkö että 80% ihmisistä eivät … Continued

The current exploration in leadership circles of the notion of the  ‘anti-hero’ also coincides with the beauty of a little book by Susan Cain called ‘Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking”. In Amara we work with the three levels of inquiry – 1st, 2nd and 3rd person they don’t … Continued