by Tony Zampella | Aug 31, 2026 | Communication, Leadership
If you had to identify one human capacity that makes each of the following possible, what would it be? Engineering a cityExecuting a business strategyProducing offspringRunning a marathonPlaying in a jazz quartet The answer may not be obvious. These activities seem to...
by Tony Zampella | Apr 20, 2026 | Communication, Leadership, Practice
In a previous essay on coaching, politics, and democracy, I explored what it means to treat democracy as a living conversation—and offered practices to sustain it. The foundational practice included a simple, but essential commitment: good faith. Since then,...
by Tony Zampella | Nov 17, 2025 | Learning/Coaching, Practice
Democracy is not an end state. It is not just a value or a process.Democracy is a commitment to a way of being. This commitment invites a more human view of politics — not as a struggle for control, but as the courageous work of shaping what’s possible together amid...
by Tony Zampella | Mar 11, 2024 | Wisdom
In the coaching field, “co-creating” refers to the collaborative process between the coach and client, in which both parties actively participate in shaping the coaching relationship, discovering ideas, setting goals, and designing strategies for growth and...
by Tony Zampella | Dec 11, 2023 | Communication
What if our interactions, experiences, and situations in life are all a conversation? Consider leadership, identity, love, trust, science, learning, and suffering as a conversation. What if we view life as a network of conversations? Everything says something. Our...
