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Managing with Accumulators and Flows
A common principle of systems thinking is that “there is no away.” Every material thing we make and use must come from somewhere and…
Some Ways We Can Be Wise
As the scope and complexity of our world’s problems grow, so grows our need for wisdom. When people talk about wisdom, they often use…
The Risk of the Cure in Public Health
According to the World Health Organization, vaccines and clean water are the two public-health interventions that have had the greatest impact on the world’s…
A New Kind of Organization Based on Purpose and Principle
What do the Internet, Alcoholics Anonymous, and VISA International all have in common? You can find them just about anywhere on earth. They have…
The Five-Point Check-in
In our daily work life, practicing the five disciplines of organizational learning as defined by Peter Senge in his bestselling book, The Fifth Discipline,…
Presence of Mind: “Not Knowing” May Lead to New Answers
When was the last time you were in a meeting and someone said, “Stop thinking so much!” or “I don’t want you to come…
Planning for Multiple Futures
Some books have lengthy lives—a measure perhaps of how much they touch their times. Peter Schwartz’s The Art of the Long View: Planning…
Leveraging Competence to Build Organizational Capability
If calculus were invented today, our organizations would not be able to learn it. We’d send everyone off to a three-day intensive program. We’d…
The Trouble with Incentives: They Work
Years ago, my friend and colleague, David Chambers, told me a story about a consulting visit he and W. Edwards Deming made to a…
A Systemic Path to Lean Management
Businesses everywhere have given enormous attention to “lean” management programs for over a decade. However, none emulates what Toyota, the creator of lean, has…