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Leading from the Roots

Finding Our Courage

Over 30 years ago, I had a conversation with a colleague about a book she was reading.  The book was a series of stories about...

Facets and Possibilities

I recently re-read a resonant passage from Margaret Wheatley's book Leadership and the New Science (1992). Think of organizational data for a metaphoric moment as...

The Part and the Whole

As I've noted in earlier blogs, deep, often unconscious, assumptions impact how we see the world. This week, I've decided to tackle the primacy of...

Control and Adapt

Recently, I have been writing a series of blogs on “starting points.”  Starting points are core background assumptions that shape many facets of our beliefs...

Scarcity and Abundance

I've been reading The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World by Robin Wall Kimmerer (Scribner, 2024). The book is wonderful, filled with examples...