Crossroads of Change: My Journey to the Middle East

“First Day of Work in Saudi Arabia”

“Why I moved to Saudi Arabia” – A Global Perspective and the Expansion of Coaching

Michael’s message offers an Integratively Intelligent view of cultivating global awareness. 

Laurel’s Reflection on Integrative Intelligence and the state of the US:

I remember reading years back, before Covid, before George Floyd, how United States as a whole was around the age of a teenager in terms of established country years. While this is chronologically accurate, I see evidence of it often being psychologically accurate. As Michael mentions in his reflection - the US is struggling with its identity.

Thought leaders have even likened this state of division and confusion happening in the US with overarching lower levels of emotional maturity. I can agree that there are observable factors that lead to this conclusion – not for everyone – but overarching in politics and business leadership. For example, lack of maturity is observable in the type of comedy that is prevalent in the US right now. The use of shock humor has exploded. You can’t watch many movies or series without something vulgar and shocking being pushed in your face. It takes little intellectual prowess or critical thinking to throw shock humor into media in order to gain a higher rating.

My personal opinion on how we can gauge maturity is seen by the amount of litter we see in our cities and highways. Yes litter. People throwing trash on the ground demonstrates how little they respect the land that feeds them. We are also seeing people demonstrating “all or nothing thinking”. We see political division, racial unrest, xenophobia, systemic trauma perpetuated, cancel culture, and so on. I see these as symptoms of a deep lack of respect and cultural integration.

Those of us who are not into the noise, who do want to walk with greater maturity and rise above are joining hands to lead and live as contributors to the solutions, contributors to the evolutions and contributors to cultivating global Integrative Intelligence.

​The good news? There is a better way and the time for Integrative Intelligence has arrived.