Building a work environment safe for inter-personal risk-taking (= building psychological safety) relies as much on building trusting relationships as…
The Existential Frantic Busyness Crisis
It has been a long, dry period with no water in California and no wandering in my mind. Since the…
Storytelling strengthens “culture-glue” in a virtual world
A key ingredient that can ultimately determine whether or not a team within an organization will achieve its purpose, is its glue. …
20 years of Leadership in the 21st Century and Seven Essential Observations
(I'm using this Bernie-Escher-Meme piece of art, but couldn't find the references of who did it. Sorry about that!) “Leadership…
Wishes for 2021
Slow Cultures in Fast-Changing Organizations
If it’s true that we only have ten years to stabilize our world – by limiting carbon gas emission, transitioning to a…
Making-Sense of Sensemaking
There is a competency that is highly correlated with leadership effectiveness though it is often under-noticed or under-appreciated. It is…
Clinging to Hope… Just a little bit!
A few weeks ago, I caught myself in a delusional state of nostalgia, seeking comfort and certainty in clinging to the good old…
Clinging To the Good Old Days (G.O.D)
Recently, I caught myself thinking about life-pre-February-2020 as the good old days – the days when things were certain - or normal. Thankfully, it didn’t…
Personal Summer Memorandum 2020: About Discombobulation, Situatedness and Fields of Consciousness
When Covid-19 started to spread in the US and the stay at home order was issued in California back in…