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lpoole@consult-iidc.com — 2024-07-20T11:33:23-04:00

INVEST IN YOUR CREATIVE CAPITAL

lpoole@consult-iidc.com — 2019-11-29T18:02:01-05:00

We are perceivers! This is probably the most significant discovery of the second half of the 20th. century. We perceive a world that is "out-there" by interpreting it "in-here" …in the realm called « brain/mind ». Our perception is dualistic… in a universe that is clearly not.

FASCISM: A CULT WITH AN EVIL INTENT

lpoole@consult-iidc.com — 2019-11-08T18:25:49-05:00

In my previous Blog entry "DOES EVIL EXIST….", I explained 5 principles that govern the chaos at play in the world. Readers discovered that fear is a powerful motivator. They learned that nasty people manipulate the fact in order to create chaos which lets them rule the world. Many folks subscribe to their political slogans and fight cries. They have one thing in common: They are reacting to the "fight-or-fright syndrome" and its release of aggressor hormones in the bloodstream. Most don't suspect that their enemy, fear, is within.

DOES EVIL EXIST IN THE WORLD?

lpoole@consult-iidc.com — 2019-09-13T16:06:31-04:00

If fascists still wore brownshirts and jackboots they'd be easy enough to recognize …so they don't. They dress to the nines. They wear the best masks and veils in order to decorate their quest for money and power. Fascists are they who spread evil to manage the greatest money-making scam on Earth. Evil is their currency… in a scam called « The Golden Pyramid ».

OUR REAL ENEMIES

lpoole@consult-iidc.com — 2015-08-08T16:58:37-04:00

What is stopping you from exploring and understanding your higher nature? Intuitively, we know that we are more than just flesh and bones and now science can even confirm the fact. We are more than our bodies, we are immortal souls.

STRATEGIC THINKING AND SUCCESS

lpoole@consult-iidc.com — 2013-01-09T12:50:44-05:00

I recently reread a book I hadn't seen in awhile. Called Jesus The Magician, it’s a well-written and scholarly work by Dr. Morton Smith, Doctor of Theology at Harvard. He also has a PhD from Hebrew University and was professor of History at Columbia University in New York. Dr. Smith is well-qualified to address a key idea in my own study of strategy: Suppressed or hidden information can have great power.

STRATEGY AND INFLUENCE

lpoole@consult-iidc.com — 2012-12-04T13:41:01-05:00

We live in a complex world but new technology is making it easier to navigate all the time. Our transition from the industrial age to this emergent information age might be painful for the many who don’t understand why things have already changed.

ON THE NEED TO THINK STRATEGICALLY

lpoole@consult-iidc.com — 2012-10-19T13:32:28-04:00

Suzy and I helped create a wondrous park at the centre of a beautiful rainforest in Costa Rica. With friends, we transformed an unusually shaped 60 acres in the “Mystic Valleys” area of the Southwest Talamanca Mountains, planting hundreds of fruit trees and plants.

EXTRA SENSORY PERCEPTION

lpoole@consult-iidc.com — 2012-08-23T16:33:13-04:00

In America's jungles, the jaguar is both feared and admired, depending on who's looking. Anthropologist Carlos Castaneda, an author of 10 books on the sorcery of Mexico and Central America, was given a spectacular demonstration of that noble cat's "mind-reading abilities".

IDEAS ON EMPOWERMENT

lpoole@consult-iidc.com — 2012-06-05T13:55:04-04:00

There is a Chinese curse that says: “May you live in interesting times!” Its idea is that interesting times are times of change - which means they are fraught with dangers, challenges and perils.

STEPS TO SELF-EMPOWERMENT

lpoole@consult-iidc.com — 2012-06-05T13:46:17-04:00

When people digest what I went through – a traumatic car accident, the near-death experiences, a long hospitalization and permanent paralysis – they are curious about whether I was ever depressed and it if I was, what did I do about it.

NATURE FAVOURS STRATEGIC DECISION MAKERS

lpoole@consult-iidc.com — 2012-04-27T17:06:34-04:00

You’ll recognize the deep wisdom in Nature by observing its patterns in the larger web of interactions. You’ll notice everything is interacting in 2 ways: Sequentially and Simultaneously. Sequential events require us to make "decision-tree choices". While simultaneous events demand a more intuitive way of thinking. That means "games theory choices".

WHEN LOVE IS MAGIC

lpoole@consult-iidc.com — 2012-02-14T14:00:48-05:00

So many people feel insecure and, in consequence, act negatively. The concept of security is about feeling confident when considering the future so the security needs include the attitude that accompanies actualizing our physical needs. Feeling insecure has to do with assembling a fear-based worldview.

HEURISTIC LEARNING

lpoole@consult-iidc.com — 2012-01-20T18:03:06-05:00

Suzy and I just got back from the jungles of Costa Rica. This latest trip was our best ever because we spent 12 days initiating our grandsons - aged 8 and 10 - to the wonders of the rainforest.

HOW TO USE THE POWER OF PERSUASION

lpoole@consult-iidc.com — 2011-11-21T13:19:58-05:00

Recently, in a training exercise where I used the jungle as a metaphor, I saw someone with the right answers to a dilemma – and the life-experience to arrive at those right answer – yield to his team mates who had the wrong answers.

PROSPERITY IN NATURE

lpoole@consult-iidc.com — 2011-10-22T16:05:15-04:00

Monkeys know where their next meal is coming from. The 5 simian species that live in Costa Rica expect to eat well and they organize themselves accordingly. The "Congo" (Howler monkey), the Titi or Squirrel monkey, the "Capuchin" or Whiteface monkey, the Wooly monkey and the Spider monkey all enjoy an incredible bounty but they don't rely on Providence.

RULES FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE

lpoole@consult-iidc.com — 2011-09-15T14:38:18-04:00

National Geographic Magazine had a devastating article on "Global Warming". With scientific graphs and haunting photos, they examined the state of the Biosphere from 3 perspectives they called its Geo, Eco and Time Signs. The challenges we face are huge. We have to rethink our handiwork and how we treat our world.

THE POWER OF SYMBOLS AND WORDS…

lpoole@consult-iidc.com — 2011-08-24T17:44:42-04:00

The ancient Jaguar-kings of tropical America used pictures and ideograms to communicate ideas. Ideograms are totem-images that explain larger concepts. As such, they wrote down in stone everything we need to know about leadership, creative intelligence and personal power by recounting the myth of Quetzalcoatl. That ideogram tells about 5 totem animals who guide the human mind.

ON IMPROVING TEAM PERFORMANCE

lpoole@consult-iidc.com — 2011-08-04T12:39:13-04:00

I watched as a mother jaguar taught her cubs how to fend for themselves. She was aware of the dangers of their jungle world and was sharing her wisdom. She communicated to them with low growls and grunts, gave them or nips and firmer bites if displeased, and purred loudly when pleased. I was realized she was giving them feedback on their performance.

GETTING WHAT YOU WANT

lpoole@consult-iidc.com — 2011-06-13T15:10:00-04:00

Home from a trip to Costa Rica, Suzy and I were invited into the Quebec heartland, to a beautiful lodge on a pristine lake, where I told a management team the story of the Jaguar-kings. Driving home after, we remarked on how lucky we are to stay at some of the finest resorts all over the world - for FREE - in the course of our work and, in fact, how we enjoy a life that we are consciously choosing.

TO COMMAND RESPECT…

lpoole@consult-iidc.com — 2011-04-10T18:44:18-04:00

In one of the conferences I animate, I speak of the roles of a strategic leader. Based on rules of cognition which show that “understanding follows experience”, the roles are Stalker of information, Dreamer of possibilities, Seer of opportunities, Leader in action and Persuasive communicator.

THE IMPORTANCE OF BUILDING TRUST

lpoole@consult-iidc.com — 2011-03-07T16:22:14-05:00

Leaders of several countries have recently been deposed and others are on the chopping block because they lost the trust of their citizens. They didn’t notice that - in Nature - species go to extraordinary lengths to establish trust among members.

CONSISTENCY IS PERSUASIVE

lpoole@consult-iidc.com — 2011-02-13T12:08:50-05:00

I heard a woman gasp when I mentioned the “Poison Dart Frog” – i.e. when I specifically said the tiny red and blue amphibian secretes a poison that can contaminate the water reservoir of a population of 500,000 people. It is quite small but very deadly and therefore extremely persuasive.

HOW NATURE CHAMPIONS STRATEGY

lpoole@consult-iidc.com — 2011-01-18T14:43:26-05:00

You’ll recognize the deep wisdom in Nature by observing patterns in the larger "web of interactions". Notice how everything interacts in two ways: Sequentially and Simultaneously. Sequential events (i.e. one thing happens, and then another, in a logic path...) allow us to make "decision-tree choices". Simultaneous events require a more intuitive way of thinking that begins with an understanding of "games theory choices".

GENEROSITY IN BUSINESS

lpoole@consult-iidc.com — 2010-12-14T09:53:52-05:00

In pre-Columbian times, generosity and gift giving were important aspects of social life. As written records were not kept in those early days, people remembered important events by holding ceremonies that celebrated the guests who bore witness to them. Called a potlatch, this kind of ritual was so important people devoted a year or more to getting ready for one ...as guests expected the host to give them most - if not all - of his material wealth.

PERSUADING OTHERS

lpoole@consult-iidc.com — 2010-11-26T13:38:18-05:00

In the jungle, many species have mastered the art of persuasion. The Bluebird of Paradise, for example, goes through elaborate displays of beauty and charm to persuade females that he is their best candidate for fatherhood. His objective clearly in mind, atop the highest tree, hung upside down and with his spectacular iridescent tail-feathers spread to form a huge two-toned blue halo behind his black face, he goes through a spectacular "sales pitch".

STRATEGIC TRUTHS ABOUT HUMAN BEINGS

lpoole@consult-iidc.com — 2010-10-29T13:54:36-04:00

In the jungle, species go to great lengths to form bonds of trust that distinguish "us" from "them". In a predator/prey environment, trust is an empowering tool because so much depends on it. Trust gives us the ability to rely on another person's integrity, strength, goodness, etc. - Ex: You can trust that she'll be there to do the right thing.

ON SORCERY AND SCIENCE

lpoole@consult-iidc.com — 2010-09-16T09:41:18-04:00

Recently, I had the pleasure of telling one of my springboard stories to a group attending a training seminar. Story telling is a great way to teach, and a good story can transfer wisdom to people who can then use it to springboard into new thinking. I told the group about the Sorcerer-scientists of neotropical America who civilized the jungle more than 3000 years ago.

THINK ABOUT OCEAN STRATEGIES

lpoole@consult-iidc.com — 2010-09-09T10:03:53-04:00

Have you heard about the Blue Ocean Strategy? Defined by W. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne in their book of that name, the term refers to emerging markets. The very competitive market that most of us know is called the "Red Ocean", while the term "Blue Ocean" is used to describe market niches that don't exist and are thereby not yet bloodied by a cut-throat competition.

COMMUNICATING WITH POWER

lpoole@consult-iidc.com — 2010-08-31T12:52:16-04:00

Tribes of howler monkeys or packs of coyotes might seem ferocious at first glance (you don't want to interfere with their next meal) but most of the snaps, snarls, growls, bared teeth and bites are merely "posturing for position". Study them to learn how to deal with threats. They'll also show you how to behave in crowds and how to climb the social ladder. As they live in large groups, they have the social cues down pat.

TWO THEORIES OF WEALTH MANAGEMENT

lpoole@consult-iidc.com — 2010-08-09T17:20:41-04:00

I was reading my dog-eared copy of "The Neotropical Companion", John Kricher's primer on America’s rainforests. I wanted to look up some plant lore before a team-building trip to Costa Rica. His last chapter envisioned the state of the primary jungle by year 2000 - and his assessment was dismal. So I went looking for recent facts to see how correct he'd been. Things are worse than he predicted back then. Earth's forests are under unrestrained assault.

A PRIMER ON PERSISTENCE!

lpoole@consult-iidc.com — 2010-07-26T16:31:54-04:00

I watched a nature film about jaguars. It showed a male ardently pursuing a reluctant female. The animator explained how her reluctance was part of their mating dance. Males prove “worthiness” by being ardent – that is - enthusiastic, incessant and passionate. Non-stop, the mating dance went on for two days and nights.

THE RULES ARE CHANGING...

lpoole@consult-iidc.com — 2010-07-14T16:55:48-04:00

I was in Madrid to address the “First International Conference on Self-Empowerment” and the entire transaction – from their search to find me, to emails and Skype conversations determining exact needs – all of it was carried out over the Internet. Suzy and I even booked and paid our airline tickets and made hotel reservations online, and our client deposited the retainer directly into our bank account the same way. Times sure have changed!

WHERE DO AUTHENTIC LEADERS COME FROM?

lpoole@consult-iidc.com — 2010-07-13T10:12:32-04:00

In the jungle, it's hard to find the attributes that we consider to be "authentic leadership qualities". Ideas like integrity and empathy don’t necessarily play out in a predator/prey environment. The way a lot of people interpret it, leaders have followers - but that's not how Nature manages the pecking order.

BIO-MIMICRY AND INNOVATION

lpoole@consult-iidc.com — 2010-07-11T10:48:49-04:00

Do you know about the Gecko? This tiny lizard is a familiar site in tropical climates, and is often seen clinging to walls or ceilings of homes. Geckoes do homeowners a great service by ridding the house of pests like flies, ants, mosquitoes and roaches. Soon we'll all owe it a debt of thanks - as studies of it produce new science.

2009 - IMPROVING YOUR TEAM’S PERFORMANCE

lpoole@consult-iidc.com — 2010-07-11T10:34:52-04:00

I watched as a mother cheetah taught her young how to fend for themselves. She was aware of the dangers of their jungle world and was sharing her wisdom. She communicated to them with low growls and grunts, gave them or nips and firmer bites when displeased, and purred loudly when pleased. I realized she was giving them feedback on their performance.

THE NATURE OF TEAMWORK

lpoole@consult-iidc.com — 2010-07-11T09:49:48-04:00

Research into insect and animal activities shows the impressive degrees to which species are capable of exhibiting team work in order to carry out their required tasks. New studies in New in Nature explain how a group’s activities constitutes actual team work.

INNOVATIVE THINKING IN NATURE

lpoole@consult-iidc.com — 2010-07-10T18:46:53-04:00

I use examples from the tropical forest when I’m explaining creativity and innovation to corporate groups. I’m always amazed so many company owners and managers have to be convinced that learning how to be innovative is in their best interest. From my presentation, they are usually convinced that our human destiny is to become creative.

SELF-EMPOWERMENT REQUIRES COURAGE

lpoole@consult-iidc.com — 2010-07-10T17:09:08-04:00

The world is fraught with danger and people have different ways of dealing with it. Some will avoid the subject, others will react with fear, endure a stressed life or follow strong leaders who promise to protect them. While developing courage is the only viable option, many people don’t even know that it’s a possibility.

ON THE NATURE OF LEARNING

lpoole@consult-iidc.com — 2010-07-10T16:40:34-04:00

The Rock & Roll tune that suggests we "...Teach the children well..." is 100% correct. In Nature, successful species do it all the time. The realization is that the teacher benefits in the exchange --- it's one of those "altruistic self-interest" management scenarios that Nature champions.

ALTRUISTIC SELF-INTEREST IS NATURE'S WORK ETHIC

lpoole@consult-iidc.com — 2010-07-10T15:32:12-04:00

Late one summer, I watched beavers at work to learn directly from the source how and why they do what they do. They'll transform an entire ecosystem - from a forest into a wetland and then into a rich and fertile meadow - by working dawn to dusk. I learned that they prosper from Nature management rule - altruistic self-interest - by working for their own benefit and the good of the whole geography.

NATURE MANAGES A CREATIVE ENVIRONMENT

lpoole@consult-iidc.com — 2010-07-10T10:38:28-04:00

There is deep wisdom in tropical jungles and people would profit from learning the strategic ideas found there. The changing work environment requires innovative tools and new techniques so that society continues to prosper. Nature’s self-management principles offer great advantages to the individuals and organizations looking for answers in a rapidly changing world.

HOW TO SUCCEED IN DIFFICULT TIMES

lpoole@consult-iidc.com — 2010-07-09T16:57:40-04:00

In the last few months, I’ve heard real horror stories from people who are deeply affected by the recent upsets in the economy. Others are angered by politics or despairing as they see more and more ecological catastrophes or "natural" disasters. You’ll agree the challenges are great but did you know that Nature expects us to work through these times by becoming creative leaders?

EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATIONS

lpoole@consult-iidc.com — 2010-07-09T15:16:39-04:00

I can find « lessons from the jungle » just about anywhere. I recently saw a powerful message about effective communications on the Discovery Channel, when I watched a show about a rescue program that helps chimpanzees in Africa.

INSPIRING YOUR TEAM

lpoole@consult-iidc.com — 2010-07-09T10:16:17-04:00

Our biologist-guide pointed to a rather unusual event. At his suggestion, the corporate group we were leading in a training week pointed their cameras high into the treetops of the Manuel Antonio National Park on Costa Rica's Pacific coast. A very large number of Whiteface monkeys - contrary to habit - were huddled together in one tree.

CREATIVE SELF-MANAGEMENT IN NATURE

lpoole@consult-iidc.com — 2010-07-08T08:21:48-04:00

Nature’s principles of self-management have become popular themes for social sciences and for enterprise. By “Enterprise” I mean the whole range of human activity, commercial or not, like planning, managing, designing, innovating, building, forging alliances, et al.