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Systems Learning for “Error-Free” Performance at Colonial Pipeline
Colonial Pipeline Company, headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, operates the largest-volume refined petroleum products pipeline system in the world. Stretching from Houston, Texas, to Linden,…
Leadership in an Age of Uncertainty
The Romans wondered whether force or inspiration was more effective as a motivator. Our own culture glorifies the charismatic while preaching participation. Interest in…
Rites of Passage in a World That Is Not Flat
We have known for hundreds of years that the world is not flat, and yet linear thinking is still pervasive in Western culture. An…
Opening Space for Virtual Global Collaboration
on Saturday, May 9, 2009, approximately 50 people from around the world logged into a Skype Chat for the opening session of a virtual…
It’s Not a Behavioral Problem: It’s the System
Don’t ask systems thinkers for advice on managing performance or staff engagement. They will probably say something pretty fruity, and you’ll wind up frustrated…
Six Principles for 21st-Century Leaders
In my 15+ years of work with organizations and senior executives, I have found six principles, derived from spiritual literature, to be quite helpful…
Sharing the Bounty, Stewarding the Planet: Systems Thinking for Emerging Leaders
To grapple with the complexity of current challenges, leaders today need training in a variety of sophisticated tools and methodologies. To that end, Sustainability…
The Power of “And”: Fostering Creative Teams at Hydro Aluminum
How can we inspire individuals to contribute value to the whole company and not just their group or department? In 1998, Marianne M. Aamodt…
Intuition as a Key Factor for Implementing Theory U
As pointed out by many researchers and business coaches, the pace of change and complexity in organizations today is accelerating at an exponential rate.
The Learning Organization Revisited
As cycles and fads move, the learning organization had its time on the stage, and then, like many such innovations, it faded in popular…