Simplifying Leadership

Cognitive dissonance is one of the biggest barriers to organizational health. Understanding how it works is the first step toward getting beyond it.

Open Space Technology's one governing law puts responsibility for learning and contributing where it belongs: with each participant. Here is what that makes possible.

Organizations create rules to support their goals – then sometimes create other rules that quietly undermine them. A simple school-night story makes the pattern impossible to miss.

A well-tested formula identifies exactly what must outweigh resistance for organizational change to succeed. There is one addition to it that makes it significantly more powerful.

The narrative you tell yourself shapes how you navigate change – and it may be the most important thing to examine before starting.

Even wanted, positive change brings loss and disorientation. Knowing this in advance is what helps people move through the new reality rather than retreat.

A well-run, multi-million dollar health project was falling behind – not because the team lacked skill, but because something more fundamental was missing.

People are full of ideas for something better. Participatory methods bring that wisdom into the parts of the organization where it matters most.

When someone drifts away mid-conversation, they have clicked off. Understanding why it happens during change conversations is the first step to bringing them back.

Personal boundaries at work are rarely discussed, but they shape what you are available for. Here is what workplace boundaries actually look like in practice.