by Dr. Kathleen Allen | May 31, 2018 | Leading from the Roots, organizations
I am on a mini vacation on the North Shore of Minnesota. Every year, I visit Lake Superior, one of the Great Lakes of the US. I love to look across this body of water and see not land, but the ongoing expanse of water to the horizon. This visit, the lake has been...
by Dr. Kathleen Allen | May 17, 2018 | Leading from the Roots, organizations
After a long winter, spring has finally come to my patch of Minnesota. On my walk this morning, I felt the joy of new beginnings as I noted the unfurling of leaves on bushes and trees. Observing the natural rhythm of the changing seasons, I wondered what nature could...
by Dr. Kathleen Allen | May 10, 2018 | Leading from the Roots, organizations
When we think of facilitating change in organizations, we usually think of the direction we want to take the organization and focus on getting people to go there. In my consulting practice, I have found our ability to hold onto things is a powerful reason to back away...
by Dr. Kathleen Allen | Apr 26, 2018 | Leading from the Roots, organizations
In resilience science, understanding and noticing the thresholds of the system is important, because if you cross a threshold, your system significantly changes. An organization, ecosystem, or community is said to be resilient when it can absorb disturbances or shocks...
by Dr. Kathleen Allen | Apr 19, 2018 | Leading from the Roots, organizations
It is springtime in Minnesota and one of the things we like to watch for is the day the “ice out” happens on our lakes and rivers. Ice-out day is the day that the ice is melted enough for boats to cross the lake again. Living in a cold climate means we have a...
by Dr. Kathleen Allen | Apr 5, 2018 | Leading from the Roots, organizations
Nature has a lot to teach us about relationships in living systems. Sometimes we can understand living organizations and nature through the lens of our bodies. Our bodies are a living system and, like nature, are designed to be interdependent. Our skeleton, tendons,...
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