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Guidelines for Designing Systemic Interventions
The phones were ringing off the hook and the fax machine was humming 24 hours a day. The entire staff of the specialty goods…
Decision-Making: The Empowerment Challenge
Imagine that you work for a company that has created a powerful and compelling shared vision. Furthermore, you and your colleagues have established a…
Using Systems Thinking “On-Line”: Listening for Competing Hypotheses
A common approach for using systems thinking in a group setting is to set aside a specific time to explore a significant issue containing…
Lessons in Systems Thinking: A Tale from the Land of Middle Health
Microtown, a small community deep within the Land of Middle Health, isn’t much different from other towns. Its citizens are young and old, rich…
The Leader’s Journey
Much has been written over the years about leadership — the skills required, the dynamics involved, the characteristics displayed by outstanding leaders, and so…
Creating Business Results Through Team Learning
As of 1993, Sigma Tech (a fictional name) was one of the most successful small corporations in the U.S. The company’s business was both…
Is There More to Corporations than Maximizing Profits?
The sole purpose of a corporation is to maximize return on investment to shareholders.” That is the raison d’etre for most organizations — and…
Building a Core Competence in Community
I recently worked with a group in a high-tech computer company that once had a very alive sense of community. The people felt more…
Organizational Learning and Leadership Development at EDS
Evaluating a program on “learning how to learn” is difficult using traditional quantitative criteria. Fritjof Capra, author of The Turning Point, offers these guidelines…
Vision Deployment Matrix: A Framework for Large-Scale Change
Vision can be a powerful force for action when it is clearly articulated and there is a genuine desire to bring it into reality.