Last night, in a phone conversation with two friends, I mentioned two organizations I was working with were having a very hard time telling the other what they wanted from the relationship. The interesting...
Not Making a Decision is Making a DecisionWe human beings are meaning making machines. My friend, Peter says that a lot. Who first said it, I do not know. But, it is a theory that aligns with my experience. When anything happens in my...
The Power of Conversations and Our StoriesFor sometime now, I have felt like we are at a hinge point in history - a dramatic shift in human kind and our world. I wouldn't have called it a "hinge point" when I first had this thought. After...
Standing as a Midwife to the birth of a Future Distinct from Our Past..What if being a “perfectionist” is keeping you from living and loving your life? My experience tells me it does. It holds you hostage or at least it has held me hostage for way too long. I am in...
Perfectionism...can it be cured?This morning the Netted by the Webbys shared a link for an online service that translates "business speak, jargon, and double talk". Which I realized as I wrote that are in themselves "jargon". I...
Business Speak, Jargon, Double Talk...Chris Corrigan always makes me think. His approach to stimulating conversations and thinking inspires me to find a different way in my own conversations. Take his latest post on shifting systems...
Insights on shifting systems by Chris Corrigan
Where Have All the Water Fountains Gone?
John Hagel III and John Seely Brown On: Change management, Disruptive innovation, Personal effectiveness "Pull allows each of us to find and access people and resources when we...
Do You Have Pull?