Richard H. Axelrod's Blog

There is an inner and an outer world. Your inner world is composed of your thoughts, feelings, wants, and emotions. This inner landscape provides us with one type of information. The outer world is the environment in which we exist. It provides us with another type of information.

The outer world is what we see when we look outward and see the people, places, things that exist on Earth and beyond. In the outer world we experience the physical environment as well as the thoughts, feelings, wan...

My last blog post in this series discussed my conversations with noted philosopher and author Peter Koestenbaum about Irvin D. Yalom’s quote, “Only I can change the world I created.” Thanks to all who took the time to respond. Following is a sample of the responses I received:

“At the bottom of the rationale is human consciousness, and the argument stands by that human consciousness creates reality, which I agree with but not in the reductionist perspective presented. The perspective presente...

My last blog post in this series discussed my conversations with noted philosopher and author Peter Koestenbaum about Irvin D. Yalom’s quote, “Only I can change the world I created.” Thanks to all who took the time to respond. Following is a sample of the responses I received:

“At the bottom of the rationale is human consciousness, and the argument stands by that human consciousness creates reality, which I agree with but not in the reductionist perspective presented. The perspective presente...

For the past twenty years I have worked off and on with Peter Koestenbaum (pib.net). Peter is a noted philosopher, author, and educator whose goal in life is to integrate philosophy in business. For the last ten years I have used Peter’s ideas as the major framework in the Crisis Leadership Course I teach at the University of Chicago. As Peter enters his tenth decade, he is driven by the idea of sharing his concepts with the world. Starting in early 2018 Peter and I have talked about philosop...

For the past twenty years I have worked off and on with Peter Koestenbaum (pib.net). Peter is a noted philosopher, author, and educator whose goal in life is to integrate philosophy in business. For the last ten years I have used Peter’s ideas as the major framework in the Crisis Leadership Course I teach at the University of Chicago. As Peter enters his tenth decade, he is driven by the idea of sharing his concepts with the world. Starting in early 2018 Peter and I have talked about philosop...

Dick had the pleasure of chatting with Kevin Kruse on The LEADx Show about how best to end meetings.

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Dick and Emily are honored to have one of their recent articles published in the esteemed Academy of Management Review.

The article is titled The Scholar-Practitioner Mindset: How Texts and Experience Influence Organizational Change Practice and below is an excerpt:

How do texts shape organization development consultants? What happens when organization development consultants take theoretical models to work the next day? What types of texts are particularly likely to influence their thinking?...

Dick Axelrod talks with Rick Maurer, host of The Energy Bar Podcast, about the merits of The Meeting Canoe.

In as little as five minutes, get answers to your most vexing meeting problems. Take this course by yourself–or better yet take it with your team–and walk away with new ways to create, participate, and lead productive meetings. Watch the preview here.

Course participants will:

Discover a totally new system for creating useful, engaging, and meaningful-to-all meetings See how this new system works for project meetings, virtual meetings, and town hall meetings Discover the video game principle...

Let’s Stop Meeting Like This: Tools to Save Time and Get More Done is now available as an audio CD.

Read by Wes Bleed, former news anchor for WGN Radio in Chicago, reporting nationally for ABC Radio Network, and hosting Dateline 720. As Chicagoans we’ve listened to Wes for many years and are very excited he is the narrator of our book. There are two audio versions:

3 audio CDs 1 MP3 CD (which can be downloaded to mobile devices or personal computers)

This new product is available at Dreamsc...