episode 241 | Apr 25, 2025 | 72min

Being With the Emergent Moment

In this conversation with David Drake we explore the reintegration of ancient wisdom, moving towards transdisciplinary practice, addressing systemic issues, defining your own coaching paradigm and the changing world of coaching.
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In this podcast we talk about:

01:30 The existential crisis within the polycrisis
06:30 Reintegrating ancient wisdom
11:00 Towards transdisciplinary practice
16:00 What we need in these times
23:00 Addressing systemic issues
28:30 Meeting the client on their journey
33:30 Following the emergence
37:00 The changing world of coaching
43:00 Defining your own coaching paradigm
49:00 The importance of your unique approach
56:00 Ordinary and extraordinary conversations
1:01:00 Beyond the language of coaching
1:05:00 Creating collective rituals

Resources Mentioned:
Bayo Akomolafe
Bob Anderson
Adi Da
Tim Gallwey
Steve March
Peter Limberg

About the Guest

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David Drake

David B Drake, PhD, is the founder and CEO of the Moment Institute in the San Francisco Bay Area, whose mission is to reinvent learning & development for practitioners and clients to better meet the challenges of our time. He pioneered the field of Narrative Coaching, and he has taught coaching skills to over 10,000 leaders, managers, and professionals. He is the author of over fifty publications on narratives and coaching, including his book “Narrative Coaching; The definitive guide to bringing new stories to life”, co-editor of the SAGE Handbook of Coaching (2016) and a thought leader for the Institute of Coaching at Harvard.

WEBSITE
The Moment Institute
The five maturities

About the Host

Joel Monk

Joel Monk is a leadership coach, educator and entrepreneur. He co-founded Coaches Rising, a company on the cutting edge of online coach training with a community of over 65,000 coaches. Coaches Rising programs regularly include participants from every continent on the planet and they have collaborated with some of the leading minds in the field of human development and coaching. Joel is also a leadership coach, coaching at companies such as THNK, Booking.com, Siemens and Naspers. Joel has designed and led several entrepreneurial and leadership development programs, at places such as Socionext, THNK and The Impact Hub Amsterdam.

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