ARE:A Renewal Enterprise

Immerse Yourself

Kelly Fryer — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:08:00 -0600

According to The Greater Good blog a recent study has shown that people who live abroad and are really immersed in a new culture are more creative than those who haven't had a similar experience: "...the researchers consider that people who spend portions of their lives in a foreign country, and allow themselves to be absorbed into the host culture, may become practiced at seeing other perspectives and comparing different possible solutions to life’s challenges, thus boosting their skills at creative thinking." We're not surprised. And this is just one more reason to take place seriously. (Click on the title above to read the whole article.)

You Are Not Alone

Kelly Fryer — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:58:00 -0600

There is not a moment of any day where any one of us is really and truly alone anymore. We are connected via e-mail, voice mail, Facebook, Myspace, Skype, instant messaging, text messaging, etc. We are linked-in and synced-up and shaped by dozens, hundreds, and thousands of relationships. Why would you think you could work alone? Why would you want to? Across industries, leaders know they can’t work in the old silos. They know they need the expertise of all kinds of people at the table with them. (Read the whole article by clicking on the title above.)

Are You In This Conversation?

Kelly Fryer — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:07:21 -0600

What fascinates us is that there is a whole new conversation happening within the for profit world. Many business leaders seem to be waking up to the fact that profit alone isn't a good enough bottom line. That it's good business to treat people and the planet–not as "resources" to be used until they're used up–but as valuable and precious in their own right. That your bottom line needs to include making the world a better place. (Read the whole article by clicking on the link above.)