Alan Seale speaking in a workshop

Living In a VUCA World – Making a Fundamental Shift In How We Think

After the end of the Cold War, the U.S. Army War College described the world as volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous. The acronym VUCA, created from those four descriptive words, first appeared in the late 1990s. After the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the term was adopted by the business world to describe the…

What Is Our Responsibility, Really?

In mid-December, I had the privilege of speaking with Nic Askew, the creator of “Soul Biographies.” You may have seen some of his inspiring and thought-provoking short videos here in this blog. We quickly took a deep dive into our life’s work, talking about the journeys that have led us to where we are now.…

To Be Seen Or Not To Be Seen: Stepping Beyond Judgment Into Awareness and Choice

Sometime in the early summer, I opened Nic Askew’s Weekly Film email and found this short piece: THE POSSIBLE CAUSE OF INVISIBILITY by Nic Askew A somebody walks into a somewhere and meets a someone. “Why haven’t I seen you before,” said the somebody, on recognizing a brilliant, indefinable light set deep in the bones…

Finding the Safety to Step Up To Your Full Potential

When I’m asked what I do, I often reply that I help people do the big work they need to do on the inside in order to accomplish big things or serve the world on the outside. Inner fears, doubts, or resistance, often carefully hidden or avoided, are usually at the root of what keeps…