When Systems Dance: A Ponder on Organizational Change and Conflict
Explore how nature’s patterns – from starling murmurations to crow debates – offer insights for leaders navigating change and conflict in organizational systems.
Category: Leadership
Leadership: The deliberate design of an organization’s social circuitry – the processes, norms, and routines that enable people to effectively collaborate, leverage their collective ingenuity, and drive high performance. It fosters environments of trust, continuous learning, and distributed problem-solving abilities across teams through simplification and slowification. Effective leadership cultivates a developmental mindset oriented towards constant experimentation and improvement.
Today’s Manager: Cultivating People, Not Productivity
Discover how today’s managers can create predictable outcomes by cultivating teams like gardens – including the counter-intuitive power of planned slack time and fallow periods for sustainable growth.
Beyond Frameworks: Leadership Evolution and Agile Transformations
In a podcast conversation about leadership evolution with Bob Anderson, creator of the Leadership Circle Profile and co-author of “Mastering Leadership” and “Scaling Leadership,” (see Read More for links) we explored a fascinating parallel that should give every Agile coach pause: 75% of leaders operate from a reactive mindset, and …
Sensemaking: The Key to Navigating the Complexity of Organizational Change
“Our expertise isn’t in knowing; our expertise is in learning and discovering.” – Ken Rickard challenges the traditional consultant role. Discover how embracing vulnerability can lead to more effective organizational change. #OrganizationalChange #Consulting
5 Essential Leadership Virtues for Change & Continuous Improvement
Courage, resilience, alliances, gratitude, and vulnerability: Discover how these five interconnected virtues can transform your leadership approach and catalyze meaningful change in your organization.