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How Attractive Can Our Communities Be?
Over the past year, hundreds of citizens in my home town of Asheville, NC, have come together to create a list of goals for…
Ford and Firestone Hit a Pothole
Every partnership occasionally runs into rocky roads, but the relationship between U.S. auto giant Ford Motor Company and Japanese tire maker Bridgestone/Firestone Inc.recently hit…
Seeing the Unseen
Just a few centuries back, people were well aware of how their actions affected the environment. Since most of the goods they consumed…
Common Sense Is Not So Common
John, who is 14, and another teenager were passing a football back and forth at youth camp. Since we were inside, and there were…
Moving Beyond the E-Vent Level
We all need to vent once in a while, right? Each of us has times in the office when we’re pushed beyond the bounds…
“Cooking the Books”: The Downward Drift of Auditing Standards
Despite the booming economy, times are tough for many businesses, especially those in competitive industries. And when times get tough, many executives give in…
From “Teams” to “Teaming”: Organizational Learning for the 21st Century
In Teaming: How Organizations Learn, Innovate, and Compete in the Knowledge Economy (Jossey-Bass, 2012), professor Amy Edmondson of Harvard Business School has crafted…
Stormy Weather for U.S. Airline Industry
Did you travel by air in the United States this past summer? If so, were you one of the hundreds of thousands of vacationers…
A Truth from Two Wrens
One September morning, as I sat on the deck, sipping a mug of coffee, listening to morning sounds, and delighting in the coolness that…
The “Thinking” in Systems Thinking: Honing Your Skills
Why is it so challenging to develop systems thinking ability? It’s because thinking systemically involves a rather large number of different skills—seven, at least—that…