The whole and its parts

The whole & its parts

Author: francoise hontoy

The idealization of better

“Be better” seems such a logical and useful idea. What a promise! Once something has

The void after a crisis

It’s rare to wish someone else to find themselves in a crisis. And no crisis

In right there is might

When Herbert J. Taylor developed the four-way test, it was to save the company he

The two games of life

The more I think about it, the more I sense that human beings play two

The four-way test

In 1932 Herbert J. Taylor was tasked with saving a company from bankruptcy. After a

Being busy

When I was a kid, it seemed necessary to always do something. My mother was

Vulnerability

Sometimes people believe that they’ve made themselves vulnerable. The only way this can happen is

Developing our communication

Once born we’ll immediately try to influence our surroundings. However, these efforts will also be

With and from

There are things in life we cannot choose, nor change. Sometimes, these things are given,

Highlighting differences

While discussing with a colleague, I was astonished by his perception of a group he

When nobody tells you

In a recent coaching conversation, my coachee shared his astonishment that nobody had told him

Learning to think

In a conversation with a friend, I developed the hypothesis that the diversity of subjects