In response to growing environmental and social equity problems, hundreds of private and public “sustainable development” initiatives have blossomed across the globe since the…

World events over the past several years have highlighted the need for new ways of exercising leadership. Such events include the ongoing crisis in…

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…

As a global society increasingly becomes a reality and people strive to come together across divisions of culture, religion, race, age, gender, and other…

All you need to do is read the paper or watch the news to realize that the world is becoming more difficult to understand…

When beginning an organizational change, we hope it will spread like wildfire, yet we often find ourselves struggling to light the kindling. Organizations change…

Metaphors and images are powerful tools that mirror and shape how we perceive and interact with the world. The presumptions we carry about people,…

In the “classic” systems thinking approach, a group uses mapping and modeling to help explain an important behavior over time. While we occasionally encounter…

How well do you know your local area? Most people rely on a bewildering thicket of newspaper articles, TV news, and radio programs that…

For many people, the purpose of pursuing organizational learning is to create new knowledge for competitive advantage. Although researchers and managers alike often assume…