One of the biggest requests that we have received in recent months is adding calendar functionality to the e-Branch in a Box system. Through much trial and error on our own site using various modules, we have finally found a solution: Google Calendar (GCal).

I think that one of the most useful things I got out of the conference, besides all interaction centers around communication, is that we should suspend judgment when talking. Listening and approaching new ideas, is as or more important than expressing your own ideas, values, or views.

How Relationships Shape Our Brains—and Our Organizations
Elaine Johnson

On my second day here in Seattle at the Pegasus conference I’m starting to make the theoretical connections between the various sessions. Concepts like systems thinking, conversation as a radical act, personal relationships, organizational gestures, etc., are words to describe the current that charges our personal view of the world, and our place in it.

Now that the first day is finished and I have had a good night's sleep -- I have been reflecting. At this point, common threads are beginning to appear.  Here is what I see this morning:

1.  Change begins with "U" -- change cannot be fostered or facilitated until individuals change themselves and their behavior.

2.  Community of practice -- change takes practice and it takes a community of individuals willing to practice together and build relations.

Debra Meyerson provided an excellent presentation on "Rocking the Boat without Going Overboard:  How Tempered Radicals can steer a course for change."  One of the key points was in regard to Psychological Safety.  Here are the barriers that can face one: 

1. Perceived status differences