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Visual Tools for Everyone
If you have ever reached for a pencil to explain or hang onto an idea, then the book Visual Meetings: How Graphics, Sticky Notes…
Active Convergence: Breaking Down Silos at University of Central Oklahoma
Once upon a time, not so long ago nor far away, there was a great kingdom with really super people. The ruler had tasked…
Calmness: What a Systems View Can Bring
As I view the social landscape, charged with political maneuvering and economic trauma, I feel a certain calmness that comes through long association with…
Why Systems Thinking, Rather Than New Technologies, Will Jump-Start the Clean-Tech Economy
Whether they focus on wind power, solar power, clean coal, geothermal, biofuels, or something even more exotic, most efforts to wean the world economy…
Cynics & Believers
How many times do we walk into a workshop and find ourselves wondering whether or not we really want to be there, questioning whether…
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…
Volcanic Moments: Four Practices for Facing Surprises with Grace
Avolcano erupts in Iceland. Tens of thousands of flights are cancelled, and millions of passengers stranded. This is the kind of surprise I call…
The Freedom to Make Better Choices
Richard H. Thaler and Cass R. Sunstein are both professors at the University of Chicago, and where the Chicago school was once famous for…
Escaping from the “Bubble Mentality”
With the days growing shorter and kids heading back to school, fall is definitely in the air. The end of the growing season serves…
Beyond Carrots and Sticks: Three Keys for Motivating Performance
Daniel H. Pink’s latest book, Drive: The SurprisingTruth AboutWhat Motivates Us (Riverhead Books, 2009), couldn’t come at a more apt time. As the…