We cannot effectively solve problems or lead teams, let alone entire organizations, without understanding the Cynefin Framework.
A bold statement,...
Last week I wrote about physical health. I argued that your mind is the tool you use to do your work, to engage with your friends and family,...
I almost talked myself out of writing about physical health, but I decided to proceed because this topic is just too important to shy away...
Welcome to a new year!
We enter 2024 with significant uncertainty in the world. The new year begins with two wars of global significance ...
We're taking it easy this week, and we hope you are, too. These last few days of 2023 are the perfect time for some rest and reflection, and also...
Last week, we introduced Time Travel as a source of conversation breakdown, our habit of traveling back in time and responding to what...
We are each not merely traveling our unique life’s path; in many ways, we are the path itself.
Throughout our lives, we blaze a uniquely...
Impliference is not a real word. I made it up, but it’s a real thing, and it's dangerous.
Have you ever found yourself in a...
Perhaps you've heard this story before. I’ll tell it in my own words, but it is by no means mine.
One day after a storm, a man walked along a...
We are an impatient lot. Our minds buzz with endless high-frequency scanning of ourselves and our environment for what’s wrong.
There are...
As I stepped out of my car, two maple trees in peak fall splendor glowed with almost palpable warmth in the rose-colored early morning sunlight....
“The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.”
Those are the words of Carl Rogers, who, along with...
You know the classic Peanuts cartoon: Lucy pulls the football away just as Charlie Brown is about to kick it, sending him flying head...
Culture is critical to your organization. As a leader creating a healthy culture should be your top priority. “Culture eats strategy for...
Our final and most complex constructive-developmental stage is the Self-Transforming Mind. As we approach this lofty summit of our...
In our journey through the stages of adult development, we've explored the Impulsive Mind, the Self-Sovereign Mind, and the ...
We humans take socialization seriously, and for good reason. In the wild, humans cannot survive outside our social groups. Socialization is...
Presumably, you have no six-year-olds on your project team (although you might have colleagues who lead you to believe otherwise on occasion). So,...
Jean Piaget characterized discrete stages of childhood cognitive development. Robert Kegan studies adult development, and has identified ongoing...
When you were 18 months old, you had the world all figured out. You could see, hear, feel, touch, and taste things. You could walk. You could make...
What do streamline, color theory, anatomy, and arpeggios have in common?
If you guessed “fundamentals,” you get a gold star. Streamline...
As of this week, it has been one year since I stopped drinking. As a person who has long been self-critical for my perceived lack of willpower,...
We fool ourselves into separating social/personal from work/business. But a company is just a group of people. It is personal. It's all personal....
A member of your project team—let’s call him Flash—fails to complete an important task by the agreed-upon date. You have a...
