Natalie Audelo

@natalieaudelo

designing social architecture and community experiences that build trust, generate creativity, and encourage authentic human connection. exploring the healing power of play, movement, music and other integrative practices.

A crush is a powerful little vial of that pure feeling—the longing, the push and pull. In his poem “The More Loving One,” W. H. Auden compared unrequited love to looking up at the stars, observing their beauty while knowing full well they “do not give a damn.” But he wasn’t mad about it; he saw that that’s how it should be, and anyway, he was more ... See more
from A Crush Can Teach You a Lot About Yourself by Faith Hill
“The more successful you become,” Flemings said, “the fewer people you can trust. The more successful, the less the public thinks of you; billionaire has become a pejorative word. The more successful you become, the harder it is to find someone who will look you in the face and tell you the truth.”
from The Man Who Knows What the World’s Richest People Want (and How To Get It)
Organizations that share their “flight plans” with employees reduce uncertainty about where they are headed and why. Ongoing communication is key: A 2015 study of 2.5 million manager-led teams in 195 countries found that workforce engagement improved when supervisors had some form of daily communication with direct reports.
from The Neuroscience of Trust by Paul J. Zak
how to build trust
The individual’s ability to cope with uncertainty

Organizations are created, powered, and led by people. To lead organizations well, we train people in disciplines such as marketing, finance, and leadership. But uncertainty presents a special challenge since few of us have received training in how to deal with it. As a result, although we may call ... See more
from Strategy in an Age of Uncertainty by Nathan Furr
So how do we keep doing all this passion work that needs doing? How do educate, and make art, and create spaces to enjoy it? How do we comfort the infirm, and protect the vulnerable, and agitate for a better world? We can agree that the outcome of this type of work is valuable and venerable. It is essential . But the we value the people doing the w... See more
from When Your Profession is On Fire
questions i keep coming back to
Infrastructure might be built by hands but culture is built by tongues. The person who changes the cultural conversation is someone who is able to identify truth and describe it so others can not only understand but participate in the story as a conscious being themselves.
how language shapes culture
Encounters with strangers can be a humbling reminder of the vastness of the world and of each other, the impossible-feeling truth that each one of us contains an entire universe of inner life and a singular perspective, that as a species we have an incredible capacity for kindness, cruelty, courage and creativity.
from The big idea: why we should spend more time talking to strangers by Sophie McBain
What you want is never a thing.
from What you want is never a thing by David Cain
what do i want?
I saw something wonderful recently about how creatives should never apologize for taking the space to create. How wonderfully, stupidly obvious is that? Whether it’s your work or your pleasure, creating grounds us, fills us, lets the most alive parts of ourselves enter into the world to further germinate and flourish.
from In Kind on Monday: Working in "Airplane Mode" (and Not Apologizing)

from A Crush Can Teach You a Lot About Yourself by Faith Hill

from The Man Who Knows What the World’s Richest People Want (and How To Get It)

from The Neuroscience of Trust by Paul J. Zak

from Strategy in an Age of Uncertainty by Nathan Furr

from When Your Profession is On Fire

from The big idea: why we should spend more time talking to strangers by Sophie McBain

from What you want is never a thing by David Cain

from In Kind on Monday: Working in "Airplane Mode" (and Not Apologizing)