I have been reflecting on what builds resilience in ourselves….those things that help us weather all the disruption happening all around us. To that end, I started looking for patterns in the people I interact with who were staying resilient over the past 20...
I was intrigued by a 2018 Harvard Business Review blog by Rasmus Hougaard, Jacqueline Carter, and Vince Brewerton. Entitled Why do so many managers forget they’re human beings? the blog included a quote by Javier Pladevall, CEO of Volkswagen Audi Retail in Spain who...
I am looking out my window and thinking that it looks like fall. Leaves are beginning to fall on the ground and the trees are turning color as they usually do in October. What is odd, is that at the same time it is 90 degrees F in August. Where I live, we are...
I have been reflecting on the different sounds that surround the growing realization that we are living in an interdependent world. For example, anyone following the mask debate knows that the tensions between autonomy and interdependence can be loud and jarring;...
Metaphors are another way to see how our conscious or unconscious beliefs shape our thinking and behavior. The questions at the end of this blog help us understand how we were framing the old metaphors, and how to use new metaphors within our modern, networked,...
It is slowly becoming clear that our future as leaders and citizens is going to depend on staying adaptable in perpetuity! In the complex, dynamic interdependence of today’s world, I understand that concept intellectually. The emotional part of me, however, ...
Over the past few years, my colleagues and I have hosted monthly sessions with the goal of building a Regenerative Leadership Community. During these calls, we’re expanding on many ideas involving regenerative business practices, the adaptive cycle, and of course,...
The prevailing wisdom in organizational change theory is that people always resist change. This thinking arose by observing people’s patterns of behavior within organizations engaged in change work, particularly the kind that had an impact on employees. But this...
I have no idea if the story below is true, but I want to use it as an example of interdependence. I think it demonstrates beautifully how interdependence shapes our relationships with each other if we truly believe in our connectedness. Here you go: An anthropologist...
Recently I had a chance to revisit decision-making when done in the context of thinking about your organization as a living system. Living systems behave differently and therefore, require us to reflect on the decision-making models we traditionally use. In nature,...
