Probably, yes. It seems we’re conditioned to expect complicated answers to problems. And yet, when it comes to issues relating to other people, it’s often the simple things that make the …
Sustaining a purpose
How do you keep it going? How do you build your earnings to sustain what you are doing without compromising your leadership "mission" (if that's the right word)? If you're not careful, you end up …
Someone has the answer: The question is do you want it?
Or would you rather keep searching yourself? It’s tempting to say “Of course we want the answer if someone else has it”? But do we really? Sometimes the loss of face, the embarrassment, or the hurt …
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So where are they in their learning?
It’s a funny thing... Socially, it seems to be expected that we behave as if everyone knows what they need to know; that they are not learning anything further; that they are complete. And …
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Being real
For organisations to learn, people need to tell the truth, and to discuss the “undiscussable.” If they think one thing and say another, how can the collective entity ever understand what’s really …
Going into their world to make the relationship
Sometimes dealing with the extremes brings the mainstream into sharp focus... I'm watching an interview with the creator of a well-known intervention program for children with Autism. As he puts it, …
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