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Visual Tools for Everyone
If you have ever reached for a pencil to explain or hang onto an idea, then the book Visual Meetings: How Graphics, Sticky Notes…
Spread Good Practice by Walking in My Shoes, Not Treading on My Toes
For a time, members of my work team called me a “laggard” because I preferred not to use a laptop and LCD projector in…
The Downside of End-of-Quarter Discounts
Most savvy car buyers know the trick—to get the best deal on a new vehicle, go to a dealership on the last day of…
Practical Visionaries
This year, my nine-year-old daughter has been studying inventions and inventors, and I’ve been learning about them through her. She particularly likes the stories…
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…
How Is Your Leadership Changing?
Im sad to report that in the past few years, ever since uncertainty became our insistent 21st-century companion, leadership has taken a great leap…
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,…
Beyond Awareness: Turning the Tide Toward Sustainability
Have we reached a tipping point of awareness around global warming? Former vice president Al Gore’s high-profile movie, An Inconvenient Truth, with its dramatic…
Creating a Conflict-Management Plan
No one likes conflict in the workplace; most of us will go out of our way to avoid it. But here’s the paradox: Conflict…
Birthing the Future Together Through Conversation
Written in short essay form, Margaret Wheatley’s latest book, Turning to One Another (BerrettKoehler, 2002), invites us to talk about what we truly care…