Circles create soothing space, where even reticent people can realize that their voice is welcome.

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Yet we act as if simple cause and effect is at work. We push to...

Yet we act as if simple cause and effect is at work. We push to...

For me, this is a familiar image - people in the organization ready and willing...

For me, this is a familiar image - people in the organization ready and willing...

Even though worker capacity and motivation are destroyed when leaders choose power over productivity, it...

Even though worker capacity and motivation are destroyed when leaders choose power over productivity, it...

In virtually every organization, regardless of mission and function, people are frustrated by problems that...

In virtually every organization, regardless of mission and function, people are frustrated by problems that...

For us, someone who is willing to step forward and help is much more courageous...

For us, someone who is willing to step forward and help is much more courageous...

There are many benefits to this process of listening. The first is that good listeners...

There are many benefits to this process of listening. The first is that good listeners...

And time for reflection with colleagues is for me a lifesaver; it is not just...

And time for reflection with colleagues is for me a lifesaver; it is not just...

Determination, energy, and courage appear spontaneously when we care deeply about something. We take risks...

Determination, energy, and courage appear spontaneously when we care deeply about something. We take risks...

I believe that our very survival depends upon us becoming better systems thinkers.

I believe that our very survival depends upon us becoming better systems thinkers.

In our daily life, we encounter people who are angry, deceitful, intent only on satisfying...

In our daily life, we encounter people who are angry, deceitful, intent only on satisfying...

For eons, humans have struggled to find less destructive ways of living together.

For eons, humans have struggled to find less destructive ways of living together.

Successful organizations, including the Military, have learned that the higher the risk, the more necessary...

Successful organizations, including the Military, have learned that the higher the risk, the more necessary...

We have created trouble for ourselves in organizations by confusing control with order.

We have created trouble for ourselves in organizations by confusing control with order.

I believe that the capacity that any organisation needs is for leadership to appear anywhere...

I believe that the capacity that any organisation needs is for leadership to appear anywhere...

For example, I was discussing the use of email and how impersonal it can be,...

For example, I was discussing the use of email and how impersonal it can be,...

We do as much harm holding onto programs and people past their natural life span...

We do as much harm holding onto programs and people past their natural life span...

Our willingness to acknowledge that we only see half the picture creates the conditions that...

Our willingness to acknowledge that we only see half the picture creates the conditions that...

We experience problem-solving sessions as war zones, we view competing ideas as enemies, and we...

We experience problem-solving sessions as war zones, we view competing ideas as enemies, and we...

Hopelessness has surprised me with patience.

Hopelessness has surprised me with patience.

Whatever life we have experienced, if we can tell our story to someone who listens,...

Whatever life we have experienced, if we can tell our story to someone who listens,...