Symposium: Positive and Meaning Work Perspectives: Charting New Paths in Research and Practice

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…

Diagnosing Organizations’ Cultural Meanings: A Logoteleological Approach

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…

Second Wave Organization Development

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

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.…

The Role of Meanings in Individual, Group and Organizational Health and Productivity: Logoteleological Interventions

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…

Suffering in Meaningful Purpose Psychology

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…

Monitoring and Improving the Impact of Your Leadership

© 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…

The International Network for Personal Meaning Newsletter, August-September 2013

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…

The Task of Work as a Developmental Resource: A Logoteleological Perspective

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…