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David Weitzner Ph.D.

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David Weitzner, Ph.D., is a writer, consultant, and professor of management at York University, who advocates for co-creation, not management. He is the author of Connected Capitalism: How Jewish Wisdom Can Transform Work and Fifteen Paths: How to Tune out Noise, Turn on Imagination and Find Wisdom. Follow him on Twitter @WeitznerDavid.

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Recent Posts
Resilience Starts With a Story
We talk a lot about resilience as an individual trait. But leaders know that navigating through turbulent times is a co-creative effort. And the best plan starts off as a story.
How to Avoid Mindfulness Pitfalls
Recent studies show that mindfulness can lead to negative feelings, undermine implicit learning, and negatively impact motivation. Here's how to avoid falling into those traps.
Bringing Mindfulness to Difficult Conversations

Leaders, teachers, and parents are asked to facilitate difficult conversations. If we're not mindful, it's easy to slip into rote talking points.

Leaders, teachers, and parents are asked to facilitate difficult conversations. If we're not mindful, it's easy to slip into rote talking points.

Re-Imagining Interdependence

Don't ever be content with a system that restricts who wins.

Don't ever be content with a system that restricts who wins.

4 Steps to Creative Leadership

Many leaders claim to value creativity while rejecting creative ideas and people when they encounter them. Here are four steps to take in support of more creative outcomes.

Many leaders claim to value creativity while rejecting creative ideas and people when they encounter them. Here are four steps to take in support of more creative outcomes.

What the Jewish Rip Van Winkle Can Teach Us About AI

Personal Perspective: Big Tech thinks all the future will remember is the AI product, not the people exploited to build it. It's an old mistake.

Personal Perspective: Big Tech thinks all the future will remember is the AI product, not the people exploited to build it. It's an old mistake.

From Being Mindful to Mindful Living

Frustrated by being told to "just breathe?" Mindful living is so much more.

Frustrated by being told to "just breathe?" Mindful living is so much more.

Is Mindfulness a Trait, a Path, or a Process?

Mindfulness can make you selfish! Mindfulness makes you healthy! Mindfulness is hard! When the media starts shouting conflicting messages, what should you believe?

Mindfulness can make you selfish! Mindfulness makes you healthy! Mindfulness is hard! When the media starts shouting conflicting messages, what should you believe?