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Being Literate in the 21st Century
Irecently learned that I’m illiterate in 21st-century terms, and likely, so are you. I mean no disrespect here. I know you are sophisticated in…
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…
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…
Raising Awarenenss of How Social Structure Influences Performance
In my recent feature article, “Extending Systems Thinking to Social Systems” (Volume 18 Number 5), I presented the systemic law known as “structural determinism,”…
Leadership as a Second Language
In his latest—and most valuable —book, The Secret Language of Leadership: How Leaders Inspire Action Through Narrative (Jossey-Bass, 2007), Stephen Denning develops in much…
Discover Your Strengths
Most of us have a poor sense of our talents and strengths. Throughout our education and careers, there is a lot of attention paid…
The Decathlon Leader
I learned very early how important it is to be psychologically young, and as I approach my 75th year, I’m pleased to say that…
Reader Response to “The Hazards of Hounding Debtors”
In the May 1999 issue of The Systems Thinker, we focused on an unfortunate trend that has arisen in the retail industry: failure to…
Vampires and Exponential Growth
Anyone who has seen John Carpenter’s Vampires, Dracula, Blade, or any other vampire film is already quite familiar with the vampire legend. The vampire…
Working and Living in a World of Possibility
The Art of Possibility: Transforming Professional and Personal Life (Harvard Business School Press, 2000), by Rosamund Stone Zander and Benjamin Zander, serves as a…