Last week I shared Advice from the UN Ombudsman: Ten Temptations to Violate Dignity Part One. This week it’s all about five strategies for maintaining respect and dignity.If you haven’t read part one, check it out now. It includes a really helpful distinction of the difference … [Read more...] about Resources from the UN Ombudsman: How to Handle Conflict: 5 Strategies for Maintaining Respect and Dignity Part Two
When conflict rears its _______ (pick one or more: ugly, scary, overwhelming, invigorating, thoughtful, divers) head, we react in one of four ways:In most cases, whether we let it be known or it’s happening all in our head, instead of taking a pause, our claws come … [Read more...] about Resources from the UN Ombudsman: Ten Temptations to Violate Dignity Part One
I’m writing this aboard a UN plane bound for Mogadishu, Somalia once again. I’ll be working there with a UN agency for most of the week, facilitating a multi-stakeholder meeting.Fluffy white clouds obscure the drought below. Soon we’ll be landing on a thin stretch of land between an arid … [Read more...] about Consider T.C.O. (Total cost of ownership) next time you’re trying to make a decision, part one
Checking into the hotel I fill in the line for my name, my address, my citizenship, ... my next of kin. And yikes, my blood type!The line to get here has been anything but straightTo get here I took a course to learn about kidnapping (by the way stay calm and don’t resist) and land mines … [Read more...] about Drawing a long, curvy line to Mogadishu, Somalia
I know, I know. You just got the handle on Zoom meetings and/or MS Teams and now we’re faced with the multiple challenges of hybrid.The learning curve never ends.Which can alternately be energizing and exhausting.There’s hope and even loads of opportunities with hybrids.Note: … [Read more...] about Hankering for hybrid events? Here’s how, part one
In these turbulent, trying times we are apart but that doesn’t mean we have to be isolated. Tech tools can help bring us together, they can help us connect, bridge and help us feel like we belong. Seriously. Based on popular demand, building on last month's Roundtable, we're back for … [Read more...] about Learning and Development Roundtable: Harnessing Tech Tools for Turbulent Times Part Two
√ Your blood pressure is boiling√ You’re quietly simmering with your jaw aching from clenched teeth√ Your heart is beating faster than a hummingbird’s wings√ You’re as cool as ice while you plot your revenge &/or√ Your every muscle is screaming run, as you plan your … [Read more...] about 2 alternative conflict resolution techniques I picked up at the UN
Police, secret service agents & FBI are everywhere. And those are only the ones I can see. I wonder how many snipers are stationed out of sight. Roads are blocked with huge cement bomb blast protectors. Traffic is cordoned off & diverted, while the streets are a colourful riot of every skin … [Read more...] about Police, secret service agents & FBI are everywhere.
If you didn't catch all the posts last month simply peruse & click what's below.Here's the Rock.Paper.Scissors' monthly training & development round up for the month of June.Learn well in the training & development learning well. Dive deep into the learning well or take a small sip. … [Read more...] about Training & development learning well June blog post round up
I'm very honoured to be in the middle of doing some Training of Trainers for UNDP Somalia. I'm also very sobered, considering the recent attack on the UN compound in Mogadishu.It's made me think about watching your back as a trainer.That of course can mean many things - from personal safety to … [Read more...] about Don't be a scaredy cat – watch your back as a trainer
Creative Commons licensed on Flickr by: Pink Sherbet Photography I was working at the United Nations today. A bit snuffly, I blew my nose & put the used kleenex on a dirty cup & saucer.A wait staff came over & angrily asked what 'it' (the kleenex) was. Surprised & taken off guard, … [Read more...] about Where would you put your used kleenex & other odd perspectives
This blog post is taken from this month's Rock.Paper.Scissors Inc. newsletter. See the entire newsletter, including free, related resources here. Don't receive our monthly newsletter? Whatsamatter you! Sign up here. It's a new year, fresh with the smell of a new calendar, a fresh start, a clean … [Read more...] about The 4th annual To do, To stop doing & To’odle compilation
The trick is for the (scissor) blades to learn to work smoothly together, so as not to cut each other.
— Mary Jo Putney
The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. The fears are paper tigers. You can do anything you decide to do. You can act to change and control your life; and the procedure, the process is its own reward.
— Amelia Earhart
There will always be rocks in the road ahead of us. They will be stumbling blocks or stepping stones; it all depends on how you use them.
— Friedrich Nietzsche
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