This page provides links to Blogs run by Members of the Minessence Group.

"Your website is the face of your company. Your Blog is its voice," Bill French, MyST Technology Partners, Inc

• A Values Inventory —This Blog records development and support activities pertaining to the AVI (A Values Inventory). The AVI is a values inventory co-developed by Members of the Minessence Group. It is used, as part of values-development/values-based leadership programmes by organisations including: Club Managers Australia, Burger King, Canon, Coca Cola, Lion Nathan, Telstra, Vodafone, Westfield.

• Chippendale's Blog —Paul personal Blog: Random thoughts from Paul—some significant events in his life—nothing intentionally directly related to values or the Minessence Group.

• Defining Values Project —The Minessence Group's Key Affiliates Team are currently engaged in a project to redefine the 128 Value Descriptors which underpin all the Group's values work. This is a read only blog. If you have years of experience in the values field and wish to be involved, contact us and we will be happy to include you in the Project Team.

• Karynne's Blog —Karynne Courts conducts the highly acclaimed Visionary Leadership Programs (VLP). Check out her site for details of upcoming programs and other, greatly in demand, values-based activities.

• —Karyn Clarke's Blog. Karyn has been using the AVI for over 10 years.

• MissionControl —The Minessence Group's MissionControl site provides the infrastructure to support the AVI, the values inventory co-developed by Members of the Minessence Group. It is available to the general public who have completed the AVI, however, MissionControl is primarily for people who have been accredited to use the AVI with others.

• Minessence eZine —The Minessence eZine is published on a regular basis to keep people interested in values-based development abreast latest R & D and Minessence Group events. This Blog is A place where you can comment on material published in the eZine

• Principles to live by —The type of principles covered here are those which guide people's behaviour. They are about the nature of things, they are descriptors about how we believe "things work". For example, the new field of neuro-economics tells us that when people believe we trust them, they actually become more trustworthy. So, if we want the community to become more trustworthy, we have to firstly give people the message that we already trust them. 

• Secrets of Good Luck —This is YARO STARAK's Blog. Yaro is a graduate in Psychology, Social Work and is a Gestalt Psychotherapist. His work is focused on the area of enabling people to become aware of the fact that in some stages of their life and in some areas of their relationships they may be blocked to grow further as human beings.

• Values Education —Tips and suggestions related to the conducting of values education programmmes

• Paul Chippendale's Favourite Recipes  - This blog has absolutely nothing to do with the purpose for which the Minessence Group's website exists. However, I continually run into people who, when they find out I am Celiac (i.e. - can't tolerate gluten in food) and that love to cook, they ask me for my recipes - so here they are.