Sector: Social Change

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STOP ’til You Drop” (Your Credit-Card Debt)

As we begin the busiest shopping season of the year, retailers may be in for a big surprise. While holiday shopping usually has people…

Shifting the Burden Revisited: Turtles All the Way Down

There is an old story about a student who asked his master, “Teacher, what holds up the world?” The teacher paused for a moment…

Rethinking Leadership in the Learning Organization

How many times have we heard statements like these and simply accepted them as “the way things are?” CEOs and other top executives talk…

Ishmael: Cultural Dialogue

“TEACHER seeks pupil. Must have an earnest desire to save the world. Apply in person.” Thus begins Ishmael, a compelling exploration of our shared assumptions…

The Leader’s Journey

Much has been written over the years about leadership — the skills required, the dynamics involved, the characteristics displayed by outstanding leaders, and so…

Building Communities of Commitment

Creating learning organizations takes more than a collection of individuals working toward the same cause; it requires building a community of learners who are…

A Community-Enrichment Plan: Print Your Own Money

I just got a thick envelope in the mail, and when I opened it, money fell out. Four bills, to be exact, along with…

The Spirit of the Learning Organization

At one point in the movie Excalibur, King Arthur lay weakened in bed as his whole kingdom crumbled around him. Most of his knights…

The Emergence of Learning Communities

Meeting the challenges that face our society today will require us to go beyond traditional organizational, gender, and ethnic boundaries. Learning in community offers…

Is Our Society Addicted to Welfare?

The riots in Los Angeles several months ago focused the nation’s attention on social issues surrounding the urban poor. In the wake of these events,…