Nature depends on self-organization to generate excellent results without a heavy “supervisory” footprint. If we wrote job descriptions that were designed to help employees see the interdependence of their work environment and work collaboratively to serve the higher...
Nature has a lot to teach us about the importance of understanding context. In nature, context is unique. For example, soil has a genetic memory that knows what kind of plants grow best in their soil, with the moisture and exposure in its microclimate. We experience...
There is much to learn from our bodies. Our bodies are a living system, and as such can help us think about our organizations as living systems. For example, the Feldenkrais Method® is a remarkable approach to human movement, learning and change originally developed...
Our traditional leadership frameworks were primarily developed and written in the 20th century. The 1900s also saw the rise of organizations. So many of our deeply held leadership assumptions were informed and formed by this context. Hence, management and positional...
