Last week leadership guru and author Martin Murphy made a strong case for shifting to a more interdependent style of decision-making. We learned about the different archetypes of decision-makers, and why we need to move beyond an antiquated, industrial mindset. This...
No matter where we live – we can change the world. In 2008 well-known physicist David Peat wrote a beautiful book titled Gentle Action: Bringing Creative Change to a Turbulent World. I like this book a lot because he shares a perspective on how to influence...
I gave myself some time over the holidays to clear out some things that no longer serve me, whether they were old habits, items in my closet, or just thoughts in my head. In 2021 I’ve already begun to notice many more thoughts and assumptions that no longer...
I love Robin Wall Kimmerer’s book Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teaching of Plants (2013). There is much deep wisdom in this book, and in today’s blog I want to focus on the artificial separation we have been taught or have...
Eventually, leaders growing their companies will wonder if they can scale their idea, product, and/or impact across other locations or the larger system. A lot of energy has been put into how to do it, but most strategies begin with the assumption that their...
Dr. Allen asked me to write a seventh blog yet again from just ten minutes north of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. The news is that California must flatten the curve (for a fourth time) as I write this in early January 2021. So far, our state has...
