my organization definitely has a maximum sustainable rate of change. There some things that are definitely off limits, but I will tell you I have been repeatedly surprised with just how much change the organization can accommodate. It was far more than I originally estimated. Some of this has to do with the use of […]
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Mindfulness resources
Image via Wikipedia in class discussion, mindfulness came up. here are some resources i have used for years to work on my own “practice of mindfulness” excellent audio CD on proper breathing: a gateway to mindfulness http://www.amazon.com/Ken-Cohens-Guide-Healthy-Breathing/dp/1591794412/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1270921310&sr=8-7 visualization techniques and meditations i have been using for years http://www.amazon.com/Qigong-Meditations-Ken-Cohen/dp/1591794358/ref=pd_sim_b_1 Eckhardt Tolle is a recently popular “mindfulness” guru, but […]
A reflection on entreprenurial spirit and stability operations, and engagement areas in nation-building
Image via Wikipedia Thoughts while TDY: action learning: a discipline/focus on actionable learning (see Lewin, Schein…) Planning: we seek to understand so that we can act Design: we act, iteratively, on the basis of fundamental principles, in order to learn we live life forwards, but understand it looking backwards we build nations and stabilize societies […]
Preview of Professor Mike Wesch’s symposium on Mediated Culture/Mediated Education
Image via Wikipedia Professor Mike Wesch‘s visit on 5 April 2010 is a really big deal. Here are a few points of interest for those interested in exploring his work before the symposium on Mediated Culture/Mediated Education He is a profound thinker, and a genuinely nice person. His insights have important implications for our leaders in […]
A reflection on Hunt’s “Leadership: A new synthesis” (1996)
Image via Wikipedia remember that Hunt is writing his synthesis in 1996, and he comes from the leadership discipline, not education or cognitive neuroscience. He is good when it comes to synthesizing existing literature, but his excursions into the future of “what-if” are not very convincing. There has been a lot of important work done […]
education, leadership, biodiversity and the limits of reason
Image via Wikipedia at the other end of the time scale from the doctoral programs, i think the right model to use is that of bio-diversity. It’s not “survival of the fittest” in the wild, it is extinction of the unfit & toleration of the “good enough” which promotes a broad gene pool. A broad […]
culture and climate
Image via Wikipedia I thought Hunt did an excellent job of synthesizing the literature on culture and climate in chapter 10. The difference between culture and climate as he articulated it, is a common frame of reference for the Army. We consider culture to be the deep-seated and slowly changing values and norms that we […]
The argument for organizational diversity
Image via Wikipedia the argument for diversity is that when the rate of change is too large to “control” and/or when your system is subject to environmental changes that are non-linear/disruptive, you cannot use a “most efficient” command and control system, because you find the world moving on without you and you have no slack […]
Leadership and baby turtles
Image via Wikipedia Here is a point I want to make about attribution bias and survivor bias, with respect to leadership theory. Attribution bias is when we assign causation to something incorrectly; Survivorship bias is examining the survivors of an event or an era, to discover what they have in common so as to reverse […]
A reflection on meeting management and the use of silence
Image via Wikipedia Manny: I agree that when we feel connected to our purpose that our decisions and actions come naturally and easily and we can find the resources we need to break through challenges. Staying connected in a human way to our sources of strength with an appreciation of our own limits but our […]