May 7, 20212 minWhy we practice Social Safety: required for agilityHBR April 19, 2021 refers to psychological safety “the belief that one can speak up without risk of punishment or humiliation — has been...
May 4, 20212 minCEO Takes Action to Bring Collective Uplift to WorkforceWhat benefits can caring for the collective bring to businesses? A Seattle-based CEO demonstrated the far-reaching effects of collective...
May 3, 20211 minThink You're Stakeholder Centric? Warby Parker Sets a New StandardI love what Warby Parker is doing. They disrupted an industry by introducing fashionable eyeglasses online – met their first year's sales...
May 3, 20212 minCore Promise: More Powerful Than You Imagine?The outgoing editor of Fast Company magazine offers thirteen reasons why Apple is the only company to have made their “most innovative”...
May 3, 20212 minEcosystem Intelligence™: Express Lane to Business AgilityEcosystem thinking is still all-too-scarce in the first world. Based in the biological sciences, it illuminates the inter-connectedness...
May 3, 20212 minThe Social Brain is the Big BossI’ve just returned from Agile Prague, an eight-year-old gathering of change agents at which I spoke on this topic. It was great fun. I...
May 3, 20211 minA New Vitality for Our Time?More than anything, I want you and yours, and our enterprises and communities, to enjoy the gift of ongoing vitality. Despite the...
May 3, 20212 minLeading Indicators – An Advantage of the Few?I've been reflecting on how rare it is that enterprises enjoy the benefit of good leading indicators. Seems obvious that everyone would...
May 3, 20212 minYou Can't Buy It: AgileIn a recent interview with Builtin³ about Women in Agile, I found myself explaining to a curious journalist that Agile is a practice;...
May 3, 20211 minHow did Chesney Grow Those #LeadingChops?While finding your feet, designing how to move in an arising, increasingly-remote world AND somehow managing not to fight with people of...
May 3, 20211 minThe Magic Space Between Order and DisorderDr Pillay’s recent book is a marvelous invitation to Leave the cult of focus and accomplish more by doing less. Not to mention enjoying...
May 3, 20211 minCommunity WealthAgile leaders create community wealth – always by dignifying value partners, though they rarely speak of it that way. A good message to...
May 3, 20211 minCommunity is the Pandemic WinnerBloomberg Businessweek writes, Did Airbnb Win the Pandemic? Answer: Yes, via its good community bones. By conserving the ability of...
May 3, 20211 minCollective Care in Action “AUCKLAND, New Zealand — New Zealand’s Parliament on Wednesday unanimously approved legislation that would give couples who suffer a...
May 2, 20212 minLanguage Against Which the Mind Cannot DefendLast week I was privileged to be present when David Whyte addressed a group of leaders at Intel. Kudos to my colleague Lisa Marshall and...
Mar 17, 20212 minWhat are Ancestral Smarts? And How Can They Boost Your Workplace?‘Ancestral Smarts’ refers to the collective intelligence that arises when a small group commits to something they can achieve only...
Mar 17, 20213 minMeasuring the Uplift of Collective CaringAs Covid vaccines are rolling out, optimism has begun to rise. Many of us are experiencing a deep longing for community: knowing it’s...
Mar 17, 20212 minSudan NextGen Boosts Shared Wellbeing"Be bold, be real, and lead with love," is the mantra that Sally Ellata lives by. When it comes to making positive changes in business,...