Loose Change: When Regret Becomes Wisdom
A mouse-eaten bag of foreign currency becomes a meditation on regret, family patterns, and the art of letting go. Sometimes our “impulsive” decisions clear space for what wants to emerge
Category: Continuous Learning
Continuous Learning: A practice of collectively examining recent experiences to identify opportunities for improvement. It enables amplifying problems, and simplifying complex issues through focused analysis and iterative change. Leveraging retrospectives fosters continuous learning and adaptation, rewiring the social circuitry towards transparency, alignment, and sustained positive change – essential for high performance.
How Buurtzorg Built a Self-Managing Organization
Explore how Buurtzorg evolved from a small nursing team to a revolutionary healthcare organization by implementing coral reef-inspired minimal structures that enable remarkable self-organization, autonomy, and resilience.
There is No CEO Tree in the Forest: How Ecosystems Distribute Leadership
Explore how natural ecosystems distribute leadership functions across entire systems, offering organizational models for emergent coordination, stigmergic communication, and building adaptive capacity without centralized control.
Tide Pool Leadership: Resilience, Adaptation, and the Importance of Boundaries
Discover how tide pools illustrate leadership principles through boundary effectiveness, specialized adaptations to constraints, rhythmic organizational cycles, and building resilience through diversity.
Forest Succession Leadership: Patience, Complexity, and Nurturing Long-Term Vision
Learn how forest succession offers a powerful leadership metaphor for patient development, complex interdependencies, knowledge networks, and creating conditions for long-term organizational growth.