Did you ever go boating as a child? The image probably calls up a memory of a sun-filled day spent floating along a beautiful…

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In the summer of 2006, a group of local foundations supported the leaders of Calhoun County Michigan (population 100,000), in developing a 10-year plan…

These are trying times for the field of knowledge management. Shunned by many as little more than yesterday’s information technology trotted out in today’s…

The Superintendent’s Fieldbook: A Guide for Leaders of Learning by Nelda Cambron-McCabe, Luvern L. Cunningham, James Harvey, and Robert H. Koff (Corwin Press, 2004)…

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Recent Bush administration statements on climate change just do not add up. The U. S. President and his advisers refer to the heat-trapping effects…

As I view the social landscape, charged with political maneuvering and economic trauma, I feel a certain calmness that comes through long association with…

Of all the system structures that affect our lives and world, escalation takes the prize for its negative impact. In situations such as price…

I dream of a future where systemic thinking plays a central role. In my dream, here is what it will be like looking back…