As adults we come up against facets of ourselves that we wish to change. Unconscious bigotry, for example, or certain aspects of introversion or excessive guilt, impatience or egocentricity — our weaknesses and the results of our “over-strengths.” Taking on these challenges sounds good and promises a desirable transformation but in reality also portends the… Continue reading The Mutiny Against Our Conditioning
Of Love and Truth
I don’t want to make this too theoretical or abstract. By love, I mean the whole range of things we do to show care for others, not attraction or romance. By truth I mean the opposite of lies, deception and cover-ups, especially having to do with what we tell ourselves and others. So here’s a… Continue reading Of Love and Truth
On Organizational Anger
There is a form of organizational anger that all leaders need to understand. It is not the hostile outburst of an aggrieved staff member, though this may be a symptom just as a shooter in a public place can be a symptom of a broader social despair. It is not the same as dealing with… Continue reading On Organizational Anger
Don’t try to change your organization; change the underlying forces that make it what it is
In the nineteenth century, Charles Lyell, a Scottish geologist, professed the radical view that the same forces that shaped the Earth in the past were still operating in the present moment. His theory challenged the more palatable theory at the time that geological epochs ended in major, catastrophic events, such as species being wiped out… Continue reading Don’t try to change your organization; change the underlying forces that make it what it is