Hello everyone, I wanted to talk about this during our hangout today but was happy to listen to what @Maria do Céu Bastos shared about her farm. I felt really happy because she really walk the talk and this what makes the Inner Development at Work community special to me. Here is what I wanted to talk about. It can be easily understood if you go through my "Note from the Exhibition Organiser" : "This exhibition was a bold step. For two years and four months, we had not been able to hold another public art exhibition, and we almost missed the opportunity to do so within this academic year. The success of Whitesands School's first public art exhibition, together with the support and encouragement of parents, students, and members of the school management, made it possible to continue this journey. The first exhibition took place on 9 March 2024. It grew out of the experience I had gathered from the Southcreek Centre Annual Vacation Programme Bazaar, where I organised exhibitions of students' artworks and robotics projects. Moses Bariki, the former senior school art teacher of Whitesands School worked with me for three years before we finally brought the idea to Whitesands School. Our hope was to continue guiding and mentoring students from Whitesands School who had attended the Southcreek Vacation Programme, while also discovering and supporting more artistic talents within the school. The art teachers, Mr Oyinloye Olanrewaju and Mr. Nosiru Olanrewaju, deserve full credit for guiding the students through the technical and creative process of producing these works. My contribution was to create the conditions for the creativity of the boys to be seen, celebrated, and taken seriously. This involved encouraging the boys, documenting their pieces, engaging supporters, and helping to bring the exhibition together as a shared experience for the school community. What makes this exhibition unique is not only the beauty of the artworks, but also the freedom of expression and confidence it has awakened in the students. Some of the boys discovered that their gifts could contribute to what unites our school community and the wider society. For others, it became a moment of recognition, a reminder that

This message is from Rukmini who attended the Caux Forum Dear all, some of you here joined the conversation on decolonisation yesterday. Thank you! I have attempted to capture our thoughts and also added some more in this document: https://docs.google.com/document/d/13GsSpR3EFRNSvKW42rRtFl0o3v-TfFRww0WGeZcvGTA/edit?usp=sharing At the moment it is a sort of a concept note. If the IDG Foundation is interested, we might be able to continue working on it as a collaborative working paper, perhaps. This group was created because several of you expressed the need to continue this conversation. We could also collectively figure where we want to take this ahead. Cheers, Rukmini

To our blessed Mothers for bringing each of us into this life - Happy Mother’s Day My Mom taught me respect, and generosity.Mine is alive and living in Ottawa, Canada. I’m thankful to technology that facilitates our regular chats… even when we don’t see things the same way, that’s ok. Where does your Mother live? What did she teach you?

May is a busy month—so let’s make space for what matters. Join us for a powerful conversation with Mike Rowlands, where inner development, purpose, and sustainability come together. 📅 May 6🕡 18:30–19:15 CET Come curious. Leave inspired. Details and registration are in the calendar

We had such a rich conversation today exploring the intersection of AI, the heart, and the mind — sparked by Daniel Pink's A Whole New Mind. His premise: the future belongs to the human capacities that logic can't replicate. Which feels urgent now that AI has the left-brain stuff pretty well covered. So we asked: what do we bring that's irreducibly human? What came up in our discussion: 🌍 Context and culture — AI generates content, but humans understand why this story, for these people, right now 🌸 Embodied and feminine knowing — Nadene named it: AI was largely built without women at the table. That shapes what gets captured and what gets flattened. 🤝 Presence — touch, laughter, tears. We can't prompt for that. 💡 Forward thinking + emotional connection — imagining futures we haven't lived yet, holding space for what's unspoken Pink also named six human skills for the AI era, I've added them in visuals below. The question we're sitting with: how do we cultivate these capacities in ourselves and in the leaders we work with? What's your answer? What do you bring that AI can't? 👇