Dear Meaningful Purpose Psychology and Boston Institute for Meaningful Purpose friends and colleagues: Over the last decades, the positive and meaning-centered psychology perspective has inspired a fresh approach to the study of organizational phenomena, and spurred a plethora of new scientific thought, research and practice. As this perspective has gained momentum, some of the most…
Luis A. Marrero, M.A., RODP, LLC will be facilitating the Diagnosing Organizations’ Cultural Meanings: A Logoteleological Approach workshop during the 9th Biennial International Meaning Conference in Toronto, Canada, July 28-31, 2016. He will be joining leading psychologists from around the world in exploring meaning-centered approaches to questions of spiritual meaning, human flourishing , and social…
By Luis A. Marrero, M.A. RODP, LLP CEO Boston Institute for Meaningful Purpose May 11, 2016 We are happy to offer this abridged format for those who requested a shorter version of OD2.0. Thanks to our readers from around the world for the overwhelming positive response to the longer version of this article. ~ Luis…
By Luis A. Marrero, M.A. RODP, LLP CEO Boston Institute for Meaningful Purpose International Network on Personal Meaning: Pre-conference Paper May 1, 2016 “We increasingly understand that we need a very different model of humanity….” 2013 United Nations World Happiness Report We live in a time of paradoxes. On the one hand, there are emerging…
The 9th Biennial International Meaning Conference Spirituality, Self-Transcendence, & Second Wave Positive Psychology July 28-31, 2016 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada The premiere second wave positive psychology conference across APA divisions & academic disciplines Embracing the dark side of life Empowering humanistic values Cultivating meaning, virtue & happiness Transcending suffering & terror Keynotes: A. Batthyany, W. S.…
Reprint from the December 3, 2015 International Positive Psychology Association Work & Organization Division Newsletter Luis A. Marrero, MA, RODP, LLC Boston Institute for Meaningful Purpose Meaningful Purpose Psychology (MPP) or Logoteleology examines the meanings that successful people, groups, and organizations apply in order to thrive and succeed. This paper gives a brief…
Reprint (with updates) from The International Network for Personal Meaning Newsletter, November 2015 Despair is suffering without meaning. ~ Viktor Frankl LUIS A. MARRERO, MA, RODP, LLP CEO, Boston Institute for Meaningful Purpose; Deputy Chairman, Board of Directors of the International Network for Personal Meaning; Chair, Partnership and Membership Committee, Work & Organization Division, International…
© 2015. Luis A. Marrero, MA, RODP, LLP Boston Institute for Meaningful Purpose October 21, 2015 How do you know you are making the right decisions and influencing others in a way that inspires genuine follower-ship? What can you do to avoid demanding compliance, which ultimately encourages disengagement? I offer two ideas. First, know what you…
INPM Positive Living Newsletter Aug-Sept 2015 A Bright Beacon in an Uncertain World Guest Editorial Luis A. Marrero, MA, RODP Considering the magnitude of the global problems we face as a species, never before has the mission of The International Network for Personal Meaning (INPM) become ever so relevant and fitting. The INPM is dedicated…
By: Luis A. Marrero, M.A, RODP. Boston Institute for Meaningful Purpose. Westfield, Massachusetts July 27, 2015. (Updated June 26, 2018) Background and OriginsThe use of work as a source of learning is not new. Theory and models in the field of quality, Peter Senge’s “Learning Organizations”[1], Kurt Lewin’s “Action Research”[2] and Harold Bridger’s Tavistock “Double…
But what if humans, as a species, actually have a purpose? What if we have something distinctive to contribute – something to give rather than just take? ~ Peter Senge Are we starting to take seriously why we exist? While I have been aware since the late 80’s of a steady public interest in the…
By Luis A. Marrero, author of The Path to a Meaningful Purpose April 7, 2015 We must, indeed, all hang together or, most assuredly, we shall all hang separately. ~ Benjamin Franklin Reading the latest news one can easily conclude that our aspiration to form a more perfect union continues to be… well, a work…
“Every person needs to take one day away. A day in which one consciously separates the past from the future. Jobs, family, employers, and friends can exist one day without any one of us, and if our egos permit us to confess, they could exist eternally in our absence. Each person deserves a day away…
The Overview Effect.. A must see… Luis A. Marrero