Leadership traditionally has been thought of as “doing the right thing” while management has been defined as “doing things right.” Contemporary leadership combines these …

Contrary to popular opinion, learning is not the process of merely accumulating more information. You have “learned” something only when you can produce a …

The recent decline of well-established firms and the perceived need for corporate renewal has fueled a growing interest in the topic of organizational learning.

When faced with a problem, how often do teams within your organization become polarized around proposed solutions that are opposites? For example, one group …

What is the relationship between systems thinking and lean? That’s a fascinating question, one not so easily answered, because we’re talking about two very …

Feedback loops can be thought of as closed loops of interconnection; basically, sequences of mutual causes and effects. The links between each variable show …

Our brains are pattern-making systems — they organize our perceptions of the world into patterns that enable us to function effectively. For example, when …

A discussion of the interrelations between food, health, and the environment is extremely topical today. Rising food prices together with the price of oil …

In The Fifth Discipline, Peter Senge posed the question, “How can a team of committed managers with individual IQs above 120 have a collective …

If the element in greatest evidence in a school system is “young people,” and the second most prevalent feature is “desks,” surely a close …