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Working in High-Leverage Zones with the Double-Loop Learning Matrix
T he Double-Loop Learning Matrix (adapted from the work of John J. Shibley) is a tool that teams can use for uncovering and articulating…
New Perspectives on Tragedy of the Commons
Does the way out of “Tragedy of the Commons” (TOC) situations have to do just with teaching people about the structural deficiencies of their…
When Technology Alone Isn’t Enough: Rediscovering the Social Nature of Learning
Why can millions of people successfully operate a relatively complex piece of heavy equipment — an automobile — while few seem capable of getting…
Minnesota Takes the Long View of Its Solid Waste System
In January 2000, Minnesota’s Office of Environmental Assistance (MN OEA) began to investigate creative solutions to the state’s growing problems with solid waste disposal.
Holistic Change: Creating Organizational and Individual Alignment at Genuity
Conventional wisdom says that 70 percent or more of business change efforts, such as process reengineering, fail to meet their objectives. Why? Because these…
Making Beautiful Music by Managing Complexity
What words do we use to describe a team that’s functioning well? Whether we realize it or not, we often use musical terminology: We…
Bringing Out the Best in People: An Interview with Warren Bennis
Ifirst encountered the work of Warren Bennis, widely known as “the dean of the leadership gurus,” in 1986. With a newly minted doctorate in…
Achieving Innovation by Way of Chaos
For centuries, discoveries in science have influenced the development of management theory. In the 1800s, business leaders applied Newton’s linear logic—output is directly proportional…
Failing the Test
The National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP), a program of the United States Department of Education, has been tracking academic performance for 30 years,…
Anchoring Model Development in Causal Loop Diagrams
As a consultant working in the field of systems thinking, I am continually amazed by the ease with which people are able to read…