Alchemize
Many people think of alchemy as an ancient art, a precursor of science. Yet its quest is the same as ours—transmuting one thing into another. In every organization there is lead that can become gold.
The new alchemical skills are things such as perceiving that which may not be obvious on the surface, fusing unlike things, incubating new forms, putrifying what is no longer necessary, precipitating missing elements, symbolizing in ways that provide enabling meaning to events, connecting, energizing, and purifying.
Alchemical leaders approach reality as a set of mutable possibilities rather than an unalterable series of circumstances.
13 Alchemical Concepts
These 13 elements are basic alchemical processes available to leaders. They permit the transformation of people and organizations.
Keynote: The Alchemist
Many people think of alchemy as an ancient art, a precursor of science. Yet its quest is the same as ours—transmuting one thing into another. In every organization there is lead that can become gold. The new alchemical skills are things such as perceiving that which may not be obvious on the surface, fusing unlike things, incubating new forms, putrifying what is no longer necessary, precipitating missing elements, symbolizing in ways that provide enabling meaning to events, connecting, energizing, and purifying. Alchemical leaders approach reality as a set of mutable possibilities rather than an unalterable series of circumstances.
2013 Alembic
The Alembic is a program designed to help talented leaders move into their highest potential. Every organization has individuals who excel at everything they do—and enrich every environment they enter. But individuals with extraordinary potential are usually given only ordinary development opportunities.
Practical Alchemy: Balance
Creating balance isn’t as much about how much time we have, but how intentional we are about our time.
Practical Alchemy: Vitality
It’s important to understand whether or not you have both the amount and type of energy to do big things.
Practical Alchemy: Four Elements
An ideal leadership style contains all four primal elements: fire, air, water, earth.
Practical Alchemy: Implicit Value
We make our greatest contribution when opportunities are designed for, or are naturally resonant with, both implicit and explicit value.
Practical Alchemy: Intention
Strong, coherent intentions have a resonance. They induce a response in the world from everything that shares a similar quality.
Practical Alchemy: Intuition
Expanded perception gives you the ability to more fully understand what is really happening in a situation—which may not be as it appears on the surface.
Practical Alchemy: Presence
Often the fundamental limitation is not what a leader knows, but the power with which it’s transmitted.
Practical Alchemy: Induction
Everything radiates its nature. When you first meet a person and have an immediate sense of them, it’s because a quality in them induces a response in you.
Practical Alchemy: Status Quo
Expending excess energy to maintain something in its current form is often a sign of misalignment.
Practical Alchemy: Timing
Without a sense of all three aspects, leaders may act at the wrong time or miss unforeseen opportunities.
Practical Alchemy: Un-Learning
It frequently isn’t what leaders do not know that prevents forward progression, but what they think they know and refuse to release.