ABI philosophy

We don’t have a scarcity of grind.

We have a scarcity of optimism, earnestness, kindness, sincerity, curiosity, delight, aliveness, and exuberance.

Because here's the truth: thought without agency is just yearning, but acting without imagination is just busywork.

What if a company did everything within its power to create the conditions for individuals to overcome their own internal barriers to change, to take stock of and transcend their own blind spots, and to see errors and weaknesses as prime opportunities for personal growth? What would it look like to “do work” in a way that enabled organizations and

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Consider the possibilities. How rewarding would our workplaces be if we all devoted our fullest energies to helping those we work with to develop their inherent ability and effectively express more of who they are? How amazing would it be if every company were to do that? Imagine a country built on this concept—committed to helping everyone not jus... See more

Here he is: “In addition to cognitive intelligence —which is still important—we also have emotional intelligence, moral intelligence, musical intelligence, aesthetic intelligence, intrapersonal intelligence, kinesthetic or bodily intelligence, mathematical intelligence, social or interpersonal intelligence, values intelligence, and spiritual intell... See more

“Let us repeat this: inner action must precede all other action.”

I often think of what our relationships, community, society, and work will look like when we move beyond singular identities and into tensions. I think of the beauty, creativity and innovation that will bloom when we move out of our singularities and into our cosmic connectedness. Out beyond identity, there is a field. I will meet you there.

No one sees your life in the way that you do.” Our work is not to see people’s possibilities for them, but rather to help them see their possibilities for themselves. Encouragement, shared experience, positive beliefs, vision writing, dignity-based living, hope, a healthy sense of support, love, and the willingness to lean in even if, and when, thi... See more