Episode 131: Judi Neal & Her Books, (1) Edgewalkers: People and Organizations That Take Risks, Build Bridges, and Break New Ground; and (2) Creating Enlightened Organizations: Four Gateways to Spirit at Work
ABOUT JUDI
Judi Neal is an author, scholar, and consultant. Her focus is workplace spirituality and on personal and organizational transformation. After receiving her Ph.D. from Yale University, she served as an internal consultant to Honeywell. Judi taught management at the University of New Haven and then became the director of the Tyson Center for Faith and Spirituality in the Workplace at the University of Arkansas. Author of ten books on workplace spirituality and transformation, she is the President of Edgewalkers International and Executive Director of the Global Consciousness Institute.
CONVERSATION HIGHLIGHTS
• The value of spirituality.
• Spirituality's two primary directions -- vertical connection and horizontal connection.
• The 5 Archetypes of Change
• Walking and building bridges between worlds.
• The power of trauma and disruption to trigger one's edgewalking.
• "I can't be tamed."
• What turns an organization into a dinosaur.
• How leaders can own their edgewalkerness.
• Rigor Mortis of life.
• What music and accounting have in common.
• The trauma of being a whistleblower.
• Spiritual DNA
• The power of music in Judi moving beyond her painful shyness and agoraphobia.
• "It's like they spoke me into more fullness of who I am."
• We need models in courage and curiosity.
The MAIN QUESTION underlying my conversation with Judi is, How are you walking the edge between what it is that you have and what it is you want? What are the worlds you walk between and can bridge for others?
FIND JUDI
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CHAPTERS - FINALIZE
00:00 - The Book Leads Podcast – Eric Hamilton
00:54 - Introduction & Bio
03:43 - Who are you today? Can you provide more information about your work?
06:27 - How Judi defines spirituality.
12:16 - The meaning of "Edgewalker."
17:16 - Where does someone's ability to edgewalk come from?
29:37 - How did your path into your career look like, and what did it look like up until now?
38:22 - How Judi's ideas on spirituality and edgewalking developed.
49:09 - How does the work you're doing today reconcile to who you were as a child?
51:50 - How Judi shifted beyond her painful shyness and agoraphobia?
58:57 - What do you consider your super power?
01:07:05 - What does leadership mean to you?
01:07:58 - Judi breaks down Edgewalkers: People and Organizations That Take Risks, Build Bridges, and Break New Ground.
01:15:09 - Judi breaks down Creating Enlightened Organizations: Four Gateways to Spirit at Work
01:19:08 - What's changed in you in the process of writing this book? (The 5 Archetypes of Change)
01:25:52 - What’s next for your writing?
01:30:07 - What book has inspired you?
01:31:56 - What are you up to these days? (A way for guests to share and market their projects and work.)
This series has become my Masterclass In Humanity. I'd love for you to join me and see what you take away from these conversations. Learn more about The Book Leads and listen to past episodes:
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By John M JaramilloEpisode 131: Judi Neal & Her Books, (1) Edgewalkers: People and Organizations That Take Risks, Build Bridges, and Break New Ground; and (2) Creating Enlightened Organizations: Four Gateways to Spirit at Work
ABOUT JUDI
Judi Neal is an author, scholar, and consultant. Her focus is workplace spirituality and on personal and organizational transformation. After receiving her Ph.D. from Yale University, she served as an internal consultant to Honeywell. Judi taught management at the University of New Haven and then became the director of the Tyson Center for Faith and Spirituality in the Workplace at the University of Arkansas. Author of ten books on workplace spirituality and transformation, she is the President of Edgewalkers International and Executive Director of the Global Consciousness Institute.
CONVERSATION HIGHLIGHTS
• The value of spirituality.
• Spirituality's two primary directions -- vertical connection and horizontal connection.
• The 5 Archetypes of Change
• Walking and building bridges between worlds.
• The power of trauma and disruption to trigger one's edgewalking.
• "I can't be tamed."
• What turns an organization into a dinosaur.
• How leaders can own their edgewalkerness.
• Rigor Mortis of life.
• What music and accounting have in common.
• The trauma of being a whistleblower.
• Spiritual DNA
• The power of music in Judi moving beyond her painful shyness and agoraphobia.
• "It's like they spoke me into more fullness of who I am."
• We need models in courage and curiosity.
The MAIN QUESTION underlying my conversation with Judi is, How are you walking the edge between what it is that you have and what it is you want? What are the worlds you walk between and can bridge for others?
FIND JUDI
LinkedIn – Full Podcast Article: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/episode-131-judi-neal-her-books-1-edgewalkers-2-jaramillo-mba-msop-ftmje/?trackingId=yhwrSKZtRc61grVzoAPRrA%3D%3D
CHAPTERS - FINALIZE
00:00 - The Book Leads Podcast – Eric Hamilton
00:54 - Introduction & Bio
03:43 - Who are you today? Can you provide more information about your work?
06:27 - How Judi defines spirituality.
12:16 - The meaning of "Edgewalker."
17:16 - Where does someone's ability to edgewalk come from?
29:37 - How did your path into your career look like, and what did it look like up until now?
38:22 - How Judi's ideas on spirituality and edgewalking developed.
49:09 - How does the work you're doing today reconcile to who you were as a child?
51:50 - How Judi shifted beyond her painful shyness and agoraphobia?
58:57 - What do you consider your super power?
01:07:05 - What does leadership mean to you?
01:07:58 - Judi breaks down Edgewalkers: People and Organizations That Take Risks, Build Bridges, and Break New Ground.
01:15:09 - Judi breaks down Creating Enlightened Organizations: Four Gateways to Spirit at Work
01:19:08 - What's changed in you in the process of writing this book? (The 5 Archetypes of Change)
01:25:52 - What’s next for your writing?
01:30:07 - What book has inspired you?
01:31:56 - What are you up to these days? (A way for guests to share and market their projects and work.)
This series has become my Masterclass In Humanity. I'd love for you to join me and see what you take away from these conversations. Learn more about The Book Leads and listen to past episodes:
For more great content, subscribe to my newsletter Last Week's Leadership Lessons, if you haven't already!