Wherever you stand, be the Soul of that place.
—Rumi

I was blessed last week to spend two glorious days with my wife, Carole, our daughter, Lisa, and Lisa’s consulting partner, Rox. Those two days were a model for how we could be in every one of our workplaces... and the world would be a better place for it.

Every conversation during those two days began with the words, “What do you think?” Every response to that question was followed by “Yes!” or “I agree, and....” In many of our workplaces, if not most of them, the conversation, if we could even call it that, begins with a statement. That statement is followed by another statement that disagrees, criticizes, or ignores the previous statement(s). On it goes, with a few people speaking over and over again, with most of those present remaining quiet. The quiet ones may be listening attentively and see no need to agree, their minds may be somewhere else, they may be secretly or even openly checking their electronic devices, or they may be silently and angrily wondering why they have been asked to waste their time in such a way.

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