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Trust As A Systemic Structure in Our Organizations
Trust is a subject close to many people’s hearts. Whenever I make presentations on this subject, I never cease to be amazed by the…
Engaging Emergence: Turning Upheaval into Opportunity
What would it mean if we knew how to successfully engage with the unknown, the uncomfortable, the unprecedented so that our organizations and communities…
Collaborative Learning: Real-Time Practice for Knowledge Generation
It’s no surprise to most executives that we are in the early days of a major technological revolution that has had — or will…
Leading the Shift from a Dominator to a Partnership Culture
A growing awareness that humankind is facing unprecedented challenges is making many of us uneasy. Our unease stems from an increasing sense that humanity’s…
Power Invisible
A Massachusetts teacher I once knew asked his tenth graders to blurt out the first words that came to mind on hearing the word…
Whom Do You Trust?
There’s something about trusting people — and having people trust us — that is exciting. It’s a part of human nature to give and…
Changing Organizational Culture from a Liability to an Asset
In a commentary on the OP-Ed page of the New York Times entitled “Failure Is Always an Option” (August 2003), Henry Petroski, a civil…
Rising from the Ashes of Digital
Ask three people who worked for Digital Equipment Corporation (Digital or DEC) what went wrong during the rise and fall of one of America’s…
The Unintended Consequences of “Having an Impact”
Chances are, if you have begun reading this article, you care sincerely about making a difference in the world through the work you do…
Making a Garden Out of a Jungle: The Power of “Third Places”
In 1989 sociologist Ray Oldenburg recorded the sharp decline of “third places” in America with his ground-breaking book The Great Good Place: Cafes, Coffee…