Beginning January 15, 2001 we are happy to announce the beginning of an eight-week series of events.    It will begin with an open discussion on the book, 
 "THE HEART AROUSED - Poetry and the Preservation of the Soul in Corporate America." 
by David Whyte.

We would like to invite you to join a group of professionals in a free open discussion of David Whyte's celebrated exploration of the individual struggle to preserve humanity and creativity in Corporate America.

Open Discussion - free of charge 

   "THE HEART AROUSED - Poetry and the Preservation of the Soul in Corporate America."
David Whyte's brilliant work provides the grounding and images that allow us to locate that part of ourselves lost or struggling to remain creative and humane while at work.  Anchored by stories and poetry from antiquity, The Heart Aroused examines the dynamics at play in corporate workplace.  Each chapter presents a unique dimension and provides profound images, which resonate and often reflect our own business careers and personal journey.

Through a guided discussion, we will explore the poetry and key images presented and share the underlining themes as revealed or perhaps experienced in an attempt to re-imagine and recreate a more fertile environment for the soul. 

Tele-Discussion Outline  -- Each Session is just one hour

Week One: The Path Begins -Inviting the Soul to Work
Start exploring the possibility of melding the soul life with work life, the inner ocean of longing and creativity with the outer ground of strategy and organization by inviting soul to work.
                      
Week Two: Beowulf - Power and Vulnerability in the Workplace
Explore life with ever-increasing depth by going down, either at home or work, into the lake like Beowulf. Don't die on the shore. The stakes are too high.
       
Week Three: Fire in the Earth - Toward a Grounded Creativity
Explore how to   tap into a full flow of creativity by seeing how we sabotage our own creativity and creating environments that rekindle the fire.

Week Four: Fire in the Voice - Speaking out at Work
Understanding the essential qualities carried by the voice and learning to send our voices out into the world and workplace more fully.

Week Five:  Fionn &the Salmon of Knowledge - Innocence and Experience in Corporate America
How do we balance our own innocence and experience in relationship to our place within the corporate structure?

Week Six:  Taking the Homeward Road - The Soul at Midlife.
What measures should we use to determine the threshold associated with retirement and how will we receive our opportunity at a second try at destiny?

Week Seven:  Coleridge and Complexity - Facing what is Sweet and What is Terrible
How do we find quiet home amongst the gust and squalls of daily life?

Week Eight:  Soul in the World - Towards and Ecological Imagination
Finding the metaphors in the natural world as perspective on the struggles of my organization or the lives within it.
 

Who should attend?
This tele-discussion is designed to benefit corporate executives, managers, consultants, trainers, and business professionals who are committed to the idea and practice of the soul, spirit, and creativity at work.

Tele-Discussion Schedule:
Eight consecutive Mondays beginning January 15, 2001 through March 5, 2001
5:00 p.m. (PDT)/8 p.m. (EST)

To Register:
Either call Kim at (508) 845-6947 or email her at nparadigms@worldnet.att.net to register. Please include your name, address, phone number, & email address.

Instructors:

     Ed Grosso has over 25 years as a successful executive in corporate America with experience in over 23 industries and across hundreds of projects in fortune 1000 companies.  Ed has coached CEO, senior management, large organizations, and small business owners.

As a personal and business coach, Ed's clients include Corporate Executives, Small Business Owners, Entrepreneurs, Sales Organizations, and High Technology Organizations.

Ed's organization, Vital Connections, Inc. is dedicated to helping corporate executives and employees in their personal and professional development. Their purpose is to help long term, and they specialize in the progressive wellness, emotional intelligence and everyday spirituality in business and corporate life. They accomplish this through teleclasses, tele-discussion groups, workshops, seminars and coaching.  

For additional events please contact Vital Connections, Inc.


   Debra Valle has over 18 years of successful marketing and brand development experience with companies such as Nestle, Mazda and Chrysler Motors.  In both agency and corporate environments, she has a proven ability to identify and maximize product strengths, human resources and business opportunities. 

As a marketing consultant and business coach, Debra's clients include Corporate Executives, Small Business Owners, Entrepreneurs, Creative Artists and Non-Profit Organizations.

In this capacity she helps individuals and businesses' discover, define their strengths and assist them in creating opportunities that maximizes their gifts. Contact Debra at dvcoach@earthlink.net or (562) 493-4801. 

Reviews on the book - "THE HEART AROUSED  -- Poetry and the Preservation of the Soul in Corporate America."

"David Whyte makes the reading of poetry a matter of life and death. His writings have moved me and changed me. If corporations would listen to him they would not only, have better places to work, they would make money." Pat Conroy author of Prince of Tides, and Beach Music 

 "The Heart Aroused is truly extraordinary. It brings a poet's ever-deepening imagination to the world of business and work.  It steadies us, gives us grounding, and offers profound images for locating our work deep in the soul. The very style of the book presents a new dimension of language and reflection with contemplative tempo, that could help us radically and fruitfully reimagine the workplace." Thomas Moore, author of Care of the Soul and Soul Mates.

 "The unique contribution of the book is the way it easies us into the dark and unmanageable side of the workplace. David Whyte makes the dive into the waters of the soul attractive and delectable. What a fine seduction." Peter Block, author of Stewardship; Choosing Service Over Self Interest

 David Whyte's images resonate to the core. As a poet who has taken his work into the corporate world, he pioneers a vision that is once practical and illuminating. An arousing read from mind, heart, and soul." Marion Woodman, Jungian Analyst and author of Leaving My Fathers House

"With this insight book, David Whyte offers people and corporate life an opportunity to reach in to the forgotten and ignored creative life (their own and the corporation's) and literally waters there souls with it. The result is a very well written book that can truly heal.  Clarissa Pinkola Estes, PhD and author of Women Who Run With Wolves and The Gift of Story 

 

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