“Complexity is a leader’s enemy not their friend. Great leaders live to eliminate or simplify the complex, while average leaders allow themselves and those they lead to be consumed by …
Successful Change Requires Integration Across Differentiation
Green-lighting change is always easier said than done. Change processes, like implementing a new customer database, would be easy to manage if they happened in isolation. But they never do: …
It Ain’t Easy: Why a Leader’s Values Matter in Strategic Planning
We were sitting in the executive boardroom, participating in a fairly routine strategic planning meeting when I had a frightening realization: it was suddenly clear the CEO did not buy …
Back to Basics: Where to Turn in Times of Business Challenge
Extreme events, whether they are man-made (such as the European imbroglio, global financial crises, or radical political events such as the Arab Spring), or natural disasters such as tsunami, floods …
Five Steps to Improving Your At-Work Focus on Long Range Projects
Now that’s commitment to your to do list. (This photo is used with permission from robstephaustralia, via Flickr.) If your task list is like mine, it can be broken down into …
Wicked and Dark – Advocating for Complexity in Sustainability Pedagogy
I was staring at a group of my classmates who were across the aisle. We had self-selected into two groups representing differing views on sustainability, and although everyone was working …