This week I’ve been introduced to a writer I had not read before.  She is the late Donella H. Meadows and was a scholar in the area of living systems.  She made the statement, “Before you charge in to make things better, pay attention to the value of what’s already there.”  This serves as a […]

What kind of crab are you? In the last blog, I touched on innovation as a requirement for successfully dealing with the systems in which we function. Let’s continue in this train of thought. As technology innovations appear, the discussion often identifies the adoption patterns of consumers. Some people are early adopters and grab hold […]

We’ve been talking about how things are connected. Whether we are at home or at work, we all function within interconnected systems.  The following, while directed to a leader of an organization, can be used in our personal lives as well.  When we find ourselves facing complex problems, we can find solutions by doing a […]

Insignificant? I came across a great list of leadership quotes the other day and one of the people that was quoted was Marcella Bremer, who writes a blog to which I subscribe. She has great insights on how organizations function at peak efficiency.  The quote which I came across is, “That you are only a […]

Motion Sometimes things don’t go as planned. There are often times in our personal or professional lives in which we are sailing along at a good clip, then out of the blue a wave hits us that we didn’t see coming.  Or, we may have thought circumstances were about to change, but then they do […]