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When Change Happens Suddenly, Dramatically, and Mercilessly
TEAM TIP Reinforcing loops can create momentum in either an advantageous or a detrimental direction. Look for harmful loops at work in your setting…
The End of Economic Expansion Requires Compression Thinking
The term “Compression” refers to the end of economic expansion as we currently know it, that is, ongoing growth enabled by the practices of…
Continuous Partial Attention and the Demise of Discretionary Time
Leaving work at the end of the day, I turn the corner to the long front hallway of my office building. Ahead of me,…
Learn by Doing: Get Faster Every Lap
Few people ever recall who finished in second place. This is most evident in automobile racing, whether it is the international Formula 1, the…
Systems Thinking at BMW: Clearing Up Germany’s Traffic Jam
For most of us who own cars, the automobile is a powerful symbol of economic status, self-reliance, and individual freedom. A privately owned car…
The Deeper Dimensions of Transformational Change: A Call to Collective Inquiry and Action
Presence: Human Purpose and the Field of the Future (Society for Organizational Learning, 2004) represents a further evolution of many of the themes presented…
Three Horizons: Shifting Vision to Lead to an Emerging Future
Good leadership constantly requires a careful, ongoing evaluation of a vision of the future to which one can navigate. Many leaders are guided by…
From “Limits to Growth” to “Life Beyond Growth”
The Club of Rome and the Smithsonian Institute hosted the symposium “Perspectives on Limits to Growth: Challenges to Building a Sustainable Planet” in Washington,…
Resiliency and Sustainability: Eight Elements for Superintendents Who Want to Make a Difference and Have the Resolve to Do So
The Oxford Thesaurus describes “resiliency” with these words: elasticity, flexibility, life, spring, stretch, tenacity, rigor. Why would anyone want to be all of these…
Why Lean Works: A Three-Loop View of the Firm
A few years ago, Industry Week published a survey showing that although nearly 70 percent of all plants used lean manufacturing as an improvement…