I recently attended a course by the Institute of Corporate Directors on Governance. During the course, I wondered about our Enneagram community and all of the volunteer boards, committees, associations, social enterprises, and various other Enneagram collectives or groupings. One
What I love about the EIBN (Enneagram in Business Network)
My work has always been about three things: spreading the Enneagram’s use in organizations around the world; focusing on using the Enneagram for development (both for those who teach it and those who learn it); and doing what I can
Patience
The reason for a patience blog is twofold. First, I so often hear people thinking they must be a certain enneatype – and this assigned type varies based on that individual’s perception – because they are “impatient.” However, patience and
Storytelling, novels, plays and screenplays, and the enneagram | a guest blog by Jeff Lyons
I asked Jeff – a friend and colleague who is doing amazing work teaching writers how to use the Enneagram in their stories way beyond character development – to write a blog about how to do this, and here it
Cultivating receptivity | an insight by Catherine Bell
Catherine Bell, Senior Member of the Enneagram in Business Network, has written an Insight about receptivity. What is receptivity? Here are some synonyms, then Catherine’s Insight: open-minded, unbiased, amenable, non-judging, capable of receiving, willingness, responsiveness, and accepting. Catherine’s Insight Let’s
”Maya” and the enneagram
“Maya” is a word with many meanings, some of which have a positive connotation and other definitions, not so much. For example, “maya” means the power by which the universe becomes manifest, the creative spirit, the mother spirit. But “maya”
Ginger’s favorite enneagram books
I wondered if I dare write about this because almost anything I write, even the most non-controversial ones can receive what are, for me, amazing responses, and I don’t mean amazing in a positive way. But this all comes with
Chocolate cake and the enneagram | “groovy chocolate cake”
You may be wondering what does chocolate cake have to do with the Enneagram. In some ways, it has little do with the Enneagram, and in other ways, there is a connection. The 1st connection is that chocolate cake can
Choosing to be awakened | an insight by Catherine Bell
You’ve met people who are asleep to themselves, to their patterns, to their families, to their friends, to their coworkers and to their communities. What’s the opposite of this? What we’re looking for in ourselves, our employers, our supervisors and mentors, our colleagues,
Somatic Advice for Fives | A Guest Blog by Peter O’Hanrahan
Fives are rightly called the observers, scholars and thinkers. Even at times hermits and shamans. Their perception is so keen – in their areas of interest – and they can travel the far reaches of the cosmos. But will they