Over the course of the past 20 years as a communications advisor, counselor, coach and professor, I have come to realize that I possess a unique and authentic talent - an ability to help guide individuals to discover, to uncover their own hidden selves. Often my 'corporate' work - working under contract to organizations - looked like typical strategic planning and implementation. Clients brought me to the table to help solve a problem requiring public relations or internal communications expertise. They wanted me to help 'sell' a product, process or idea. 

But, more often I found the solutions to problems were not in creating 'campaigns', slogans, or programs, but in working one-on-one with chief executives, directors, managers and staff, unearthing interpersonal conflicts that impacted even the most simple organizational operations. Tuff wars, petty jealousies, departmental power grabs - all became the grand de-railers of even the most straightforward programs.  

And so I began to develop a program to work at a more interpersonal level with communication. I continue to evolve Intentional Transitions as an eventual workbook and workshop. When I was presented an opportunity to showcase my work at the popular evening called, Pecha Kucha Night in Maastricht, I choose a creative performance rather than a marketing presentation style. In this brief 7 minute format I weave my own original poems with accepted theories on human development to make a statement that each of us is capable of advancing a level on the human development hierarchy toward self-transformation and transcendence. Here is that performance courtesy of the PKN Maastricht website. 

20x20 What is PechaKucha? 

PechaKucha Night was devised in Tokyo in February 2003 as an event for young designers to meet, network, and show their work in public.

It has turned into a massive celebration, with events happening in hundreds of cities around the world, inspiring creatives worldwide. Drawing its name from the Japanese term for the sound of "chit chat", it rests on a presentation format that is based on a simple idea: 20 images x 20 seconds. It's a format that makes presentations concise, and keeps things moving at a rapid pace.