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Dream of a Systems-Centered Future
I dream of a future where systemic thinking plays a central role. In my dream, here is what it will be like looking back…
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…
Turn to the Crowd for Diverse Ideas
Are experts really smarter than the rest of us? Most would have us think so, but the answer depends on the circumstances. James Surowiecki,…
Learning to Green Our Organizations
A lot of books cross my desk, but few grab my attention the way one new title did recently. The book, The Necessary Revolution,…
The Kaospilots: School of Societal Change, Business Creativity, and Personal Mastery
Imagine you attend an educational institution where your ideas are supported and anything seems possible. Imagine that, as a student, you are valued as…
The Neuroscience of New Habits
According to the dictionary, a habit is “an acquired behavior pattern regularly followed until it has become almost involuntary.” Since we repeatedly think and…
Compounding Interest in the U.S. Economy
TEAM TIP When your team or organization seems trapped in a vicious cycle, work together to be sure that your interventions aren’t compounding the…
We Can’t Keep Meeting Like This: Developing the Capacity for Cross-Sector Collaboration
About a year ago, I participated in a climate change event in Johannesburg, South Africa. In the room were one of the lead negotiators…
A Group Process for Systems Thinking
At first blush, systems thinking may seem like something we can apply by ourselves. While that may be possible for simple dynamics, a systems…
A Weighty Take on Stocks and Flows
When it comes to complex systems, things are seldom what they seem at first glance. Nowhere is this difficulty more evident than in the…