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.

Culture, in compelling but unspoken ways, dictates the proven, acceptable methods by which members of the group address recurrent problems. And culture defines the priority given to different types of problems. It can be a powerful management tool.
from How Will You Measure Your Life? by Clay Christensen
Company Culture
What we have long called the creator economy is evolving to become more of a “meaning economy,” where the creators and brands and experiences that engage us will do so through story, craft, and a deeper and more sophisticated sense of meaning. The creator economy was ultimately driven by content (enabled by ubiquitous access to content creation and... See more
on meaning making
The idea of research as leisure activity has stayed with me because it seems to describe a kind of intellectual inquiry that comes from idiosyncratic passion and interest. It’s not about the formal credentials. It’s fundamentally about play.
play in adulthood
No matter how much wisdom you gain from the pages of your favorite author, if you haven’t experienced the visceral events that led to that wisdom yourself, then it’s just knowledge. Sure, you can leverage the hard-earned wisdom of others to help you, but understanding only happens when you earn that wisdom in the tumultuous arena of real life.
from Knowledge Is Not Understanding - More To That by Lawrence Yeo
Inspiration is not the exclusive privilege of poets or artists generally. There is, has been, and will always be a certain group of people whom inspiration visits. It’s made up of all those who’ve consciously chosen their calling and do their job with love and imagination. It may include doctors, teachers, gardeners – and I could list a hundred mo
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from The Nobel Prize in Literature 1996 by Wislawa Szymborska
loving the process and
Experience must be followed by reflective thought and an internal processing that links the experience with previous learning, transforming the learner’s previous understanding in some manner. Learning, therefore, takes place within a cycle that includes action, reflection, and application.
from Enhancing Learning by Integrating Theory and Practice by Bruce Wrenn
Because all living things are connected on vibrational energy levels, our basic emotional state is picked up and reacted to by all life forms around us.
from Letting Go: The Pathway of Surrender a book by David R. Hawkins by David R. Hawkins
About half of my friends kind of hate their jobs, so they're moderately unhappy most of the time, but never unhappy enough to leave. This is the mediocrity trap : situations that are bad-but-not-too-bad keep you forever in their orbit because they never inspire the frustration it takes to achieve escape velocity.

The mediocrity trap is a nasty way t... See more
from So You Wanna De-Bog Yourself by Adam Mastroianni
the mediocrity trap
These folks are the guardians of the party’s communal energy. Their charisma is mature and thoughtful, not narcissistic. They can subtly refine and recalibrate social dynamics by introducing strangers, tweaking the lights, or suggesting the next activity—all without stealing focus from the moment itself. They’re observant, present, and able to reco... See more
from The Type of Charisma That Saves a Holiday Party by Adrienne Matei
the art of gathering and qualities i admire

from How Will You Measure Your Life? by Clay Christensen

from Knowledge Is Not Understanding - More To That by Lawrence Yeo

from The Nobel Prize in Literature 1996 by Wislawa Szymborska

from Enhancing Learning by Integrating Theory and Practice by Bruce Wrenn

from Letting Go: The Pathway of Surrender a book by David R. Hawkins by David R. Hawkins

from So You Wanna De-Bog Yourself by Adam Mastroianni

from The Type of Charisma That Saves a Holiday Party by Adrienne Matei