Issue #78 - February, 26, 2020 Welcome to Insights and Implications! Can you imagine a workplace without PowerPoint? We can. While an interesting tool, the way PowerPoint is often used stifles the creative process that helps us solve our most vexing problems. Read on to learn more. All of us at Insight Principles Everybody Hates PowerPoint An article in Inc. Magazine caught my attention titled, It’s 2020. Why Are You Still Using PowerPoint? Read the article here. At Insight Principles, we hardly ever use PowerPoint. Simultaneously showing a bunch of words and diagrams on a screen while we are speaking

Issue #66 - February 25, 2019 Welcome to Insights and Implications! This month, Robin Charbit shares what he sees about the mind’s capacity to bring insight. To borrow a phrase from Mick Jagger, “We can’t always get what we want...but we get what we need.” Thanks Robin for your contribution. All of us at Insight Principles Not Getting What You Want? Sometimes you get what you don’t want. I’m not referring to the ugly socks you got at Christmas. I’m referring to events that happen that are unplanned and unwelcomed. An extreme example is the death of someone dear. Or

Issue #64 - December 30, 2018 Welcome to Insights and Implications! This is our final newsletter of 2018. We hope you enjoyed these monthly messages and that they have helped evolve your understanding of the principles behind the human mind. Please let us know any topics of interest for next year. Wishing you and your families a joyous 2019! All of us at Insight Principles Are You Listening? Every year at this time, we look for a story that expresses the meaning and feeling of the holiday season. This year, just the right one came from our Insight Principles colleague

Issue #63 - November 30, 2018 Welcome to Insights and Implications! Are certain jobs more worthy of respect? Must you like your job in order to do it well? Does your job determine your self-worth? Read this month’s newsletter as we address these interesting questions. Respectfully, All of us at Insight Principles Is Your Job Worthy of Greatness and Respect? Recently I read an article in Forbes Magazine. (Click here for the complete article ) The author was dismayed by what she describes as a lack of respect for certain less glamorous jobs. She makes the point that all honest

Issue #62 - October 31, 2018 Welcome to Insights and Implications! This month’s newsletter is about passion. How can such a positive feeling create unproductive noise in the human mind? Read on to find out. Let's Get Passionate Recently, we worked with a leadership team brimming with passionate people. These people love their company (most have been there a decade or more), are experts in their fields, and are very dedicated to the people they serve. In other words, they are passionate. The team was facing a business challenge that, if not remedied, could severely hurt the business. They needed

Issue #59 - July 29, 2018 Welcome to Insights and Implications! Last month we wrote about the limitations of listening for agreement. Our newsletter inspired one of our readers to share his insights on listening. We love getting these contributions - please keep them coming. And if you have suggestions for newsletter topics, please send them along. We also are pleased to pass along a link to a recent TEDx Talk presented by our own Ken Manning. We will write more about this in following newsletters but we wanted to get it out to all of you right away. Take a look. Happy Listening!

Issue #58 - June 30, 2018 Welcome to Insights and Implications! Isn’t agreement a good thing? Sure, but if you listen for agreement you might miss what is being said. Read on to learn more about the value of listening without your own ideas on your mind. Happy Listening! All of us at Insight Principles I Agree WithYou If you’re talking with someone and hear the words, “I agree with you,” you might feel like the listener hears you. You might welcome those words, as they mean the listener understands. You’re on the same page. They get it. Right? Sometimes.

Issue #57 - May 29, 2018 Welcome to Insights and Implications! What’s your personality? Does it matter? Do you need to know the personality type of your coworkers in order to communicate effectively? Read this month’s newsletter to see how the principles behind how the mind works shed light on these questions. All of us at Insight Principles Personality Test Recently, I listened to a podcast about personality and the role it plays in the workplace. The podcast host interviewed a principal in a management consulting firm. At this firm, new projects happen every few months, and the company forms

Issue #55 - March 30, 2018 Welcome to Insights and Implications! This month we are addressing a topic of great interest to leaders in companies all over the globe. Read on for our take on diversity and inclusion. We also want to make you aware of a new resource. Our teacher and mentor, the late Syd Banks, left behind books and recordings to help us on our learning journey. Free downloads of some early recordings are now available on the website sydbanks.com All the best, All of us at Insight Principles Diversity and Inclusion Diversity and inclusion are CEO-level concerns

Issue #54 - February 26, 2018 Welcome to Insights and Implications! Welcome to Insights and Implications. This month we respond to a question from one of our readers. We love hearing from you so keep the questions coming. All the best, All of us at Insight Principles What About Those Negative People? We received the following question from a reader: Have you ever observed someone who refuses to experience the joy of life, ie., the glass is always half empty (or worse)? I get sad when I see someone missing the upsides. The deeper I care about someone, the tougher

Issue #51 - November 30, 2017 Welcome to Insights and Implications! “Everything changes and nothing stands still.” Insights and Implications quoted Bob Dylan last month. This month it’s Heraclitus but the topic is still change. Specifically, we discuss helping others through change. Read on as we help you help others. All the best, All of us at Insight Principles Sharing Understanding To Help Others Navigate Change Last month’s newsletter generated good feedback. Readers resonated with Ken’s change of heart story and our capacity for new thinking to guide us through change. But some responded to the story like this: “I

Issue #44 - April 30, 2017 Welcome to Insights and Implications! We were thrilled to receive this story from one of our program participants. She shared her personal discovery of the power of insight. Please keep sending us your insights as well as your suggestions for future newsletters. All the best, All of us at Insight Principles Why not ask for help? The following was sent to us by Kristen Opperman of Hemlock Semiconductor, who attended an Insight Principles program earlier this year. How long do you work on a task or project before you hit a roadblock? No matter

Issue #40 - December 31, 2016 Welcome to Insights and Implications! All of us at Insight Principles would like to wish you and yours the most joyous holiday season! We look forward to sharing more insights with you in 2017. Happy New Year! Robin, Ken, Nikki, and Sandy A Tale of "2" Holiday Gift Wrappers As 2016 and the holiday season come to a close, I wanted to share a favorite story from one of our clients. I’ll call him Ted. Ted had finished his holiday shopping and was sitting in the food court waiting for his wife. She finally

Issue #39 - November 30, 2016 Welcome to Insights and Implications! If this is your first time receiving our newsletter, welcome. We send them once a month, and they're filled with stories and anecdotes to help reinforce and deepen your understanding. We hope you find them relevant and useful. If you'd like us to address a specific topic, never hesitate to get in touch with suggestions. We'd love to hear from you. All the best, All of us at Insight Principles An "Interesting" Few Months As a Brit who is also a US citizen, I’ve had an interesting few months.

Issue #38 - October 30, 2016 Welcome to Insights and Implications! Our newsletter this month is second in our series about safety in the workplace. Below, we address how to intervene with others when you see a potential hazard. Be safe! All of us at Insight Principles Safety In The Workplace - Part 2 Last month we addressed how workplace accidents happen despite appropriate safety procedures and robust training. When your mind is out of balance and you don’t realize it, you may not be able to utilize safety procedures or prior training. However, understanding how your mind works from