We had such a rich conversation today exploring the intersection of AI, the heart, and the mind — sparked by Daniel Pink's A Whole New Mind. His premise: the future belongs to the human capacities that logic can't replicate. Which feels urgent now that AI has the left-brain stuff pretty well covered. So we asked: what do we bring that's irreducibly human? What came up in our discussion: 🌍 Context and culture — AI generates content, but humans understand why this story, for these people, right now 🌸 Embodied and feminine knowing — Nadene named it: AI was largely built without women at the table. That shapes what gets captured and what gets flattened. 🤝 Presence — touch, laughter, tears. We can't prompt for that. 💡 Forward thinking + emotional connection — imagining futures we haven't lived yet, holding space for what's unspoken Pink also named six human skills for the AI era, I've added them in visuals below. The question we're sitting with: how do we cultivate these capacities in ourselves and in the leaders we work with? What's your answer? What do you bring that AI can't? 👇

Hello Community, We’d like to share a quick update and highlight what’s happening this week! Tomorrow, Tuesday Feb 17th, 6pm CET, 12pm ET: Skill Builder We’re looking forward to our upcoming Skill Builder session focused on Aboriginal perspectives and work relationships. This session will deepen our understanding of relational ways of working and community-centered leadership. Inspired by @Thomas Jordan' paper on the Aboriginal's perspective on the IDGS. On Wednesday, Feb 18th, 1pm CET. is our first Sales Lab I will demo using the IDG ChatGPT (also by @Thomas Jordan) to analyze client value and reverse-engineer painpoints and outcomes. I'll give you prompts you can use for creating your pitches for workshops, gigs and other paid engagements. Thank you for your ongoing commitment and presence. We appreciate each of you and look forward to learning and growing together. Sarah & Nadene

Yesterday I had the pleasure of returning to Caux for an afternoon event around Social Justice and Human Leadership. https://www.iofc.ch/fr/pme-restez-competitif-restez-humain-13-fev-2026 The IDGs were well represented with keynotes from Eleftheria Egel and Christophe Koninckx. It was an interesting exchange. I took some screenshots of the questions we discussed, as they reminded me of course of our Client Value conversations and 'pain points'. @Veronique Sikora Gasser great to see you there! Please add your impressions as well 🙏

Make it a habit to talk about blessings more than burdens. Where focus goes, energy flows💫 What’s is your wellness weekend looking like?

@Thomas Jordan has now built a dedicated website with resources primarily for people who want to use the IDG framework in organizations here AMAZING! Here are brief presentations of two key resources: ******* Manager’s Toolbox for Working with the Inner Development Guide This book is a practical collection of ready-to-use activities that managers and facilitators can apply directly with teams. It offers 31 clearly described exercises, ranging from a few minutes to extended sessions, each linked to specific IDG skills. The focus is on immediate usability: helping practitioners introduce inner development into meetings, workshops, and team processes without redesigning structures or requiring deep theoretical grounding. The Toolbox is especially useful as an entry point for organizations new to IDG work, or in contexts where time, mandate, or readiness for deeper structural change is limited. It emphasizes actionability and flexibility over long-term systemic design. ******* The Inner Development Guide for Teams This handbook focuses on how teams and departments develop collective capability over time. Rather than offering isolated activities, it provides structural “scaffolds” — meeting formats, routines, roles, and norms — that embed the Inner Development Guide into everyday work. Its core premise is that individual skills do not automatically become collective strengths; they must be enabled by deliberate structures and practices. The book is written for team leaders, managers, and consultants who want to shape how teams function as systems, building sustained capacities for reflection, collaboration, sensemaking, and action. It is best suited for practitioners aiming at long-term cultural change rather than quick interventions. ****** There are also a couple of web apps that give overviews of the practices, exercises, activities and structures that are described in more detail in the longer handbooks and essays.