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Imagine standing shoulder to shoulder in a line with 20 people. You can see your colleagues on your left and right. Now take 5 steps forward. Everyone else is behind you now. Do you feel safer or more vulnerable? Let’s say you are in the line and someone else takes 5 steps forward. Are you […]

Everything we desire to change—all the problems, issues, and challenges before us—exist today as the unintended consequence of our current approach to solving problems. Problems exist because of how we attempt to solve them. Without shifting how we go about solving our problems, we can only create more of the same. Part 2: Guardian of […]

This blog examines our natural inclination to resist change and what we can do to positively influence organizational change efforts. Part 1: Resistance is Inevitable In the Star Trek series, the alien race known as The Borg repeated the phrase “Resistance is Futile, Assimilation is Inevitable.” The human race had a different idea that saved […]

The last of six initiatives to transform individuals and organizations looks at how leaders can acknowledge and celebrate those who choose to take bold action for change. In doing so a leader reinforces the importance of doing adaptive work and encourages positive engagement and progress. Initiative #6: Acknowledge bold and courageous plans to act by […]

In this blog we explore the third of six initiatives that transform individuals and organizations. In it, you will discover the most reliable methods to inquire more deeply and effectively into the dilemmas that face you. Initiative #3: Encourage the active challenge of prevailing mental models or habits of expectation by offering data that challenges […]

In the previous posts of this series you have come to understand the definitions, importance, and processes that facilitate transformational change. In this post we explore how to create the ideal environment within an organization in which transformation can occur. In Presence (Senge, Scharmer et al.) and later in Theory U (Scharmer), the authors attempted […]

The word “transformation” is frequently used, but often without much deep understanding of what it means, especially in terms of our everyday interactions and organizational behaviors. This article will help you become conversant in the latest thinking regarding this important topic. Defining Transformation Transformation is a radical shift in thinking, perception, and behavior. In individuals, […]