Who knew I would spend three weeks blogging about success. It seems like everyone, including me, has an opinion about what defines success. Two weeks back, I blogged about whether it is epitomized in a good or a goods life.…
Successful people don’t do it alone. Where they come from matters. […] They are products of history and community, of opportunity and legacy. Malcolm Gladwell Last week my blog considered personal success from the perspective of living a ‘good life’…
After a relaxing and reflective two-week break from blogging and writing, I am back to my weekly routines and rituals. For me, December and January are a time for review and recommitment. As I ponder what is most important to…
It is safe to say, for each of us, our journey through life began with observation and uncertainty and not a great deal of self-awareness. With the addition of life experiences such as consequences emerging from personal choices, we may…
I am off to Indianapolis, Indiana, this week to move a collaborative writing project into its final stages. Over the past five years, seven colleagues, including our much larger Socio-Technical Systems Roundtable community, conducted action research (STS-RT Discovery Process), which we…
As a feminist who has disallowed inequity to rule her life and a concerned citizen who understands the value of diversity, it is difficult to not become cynical when I read the preponderance of research claiming North America is far…
A recent CNN news bulletin reported positive trends in the following U.S. social wellness measures — • high school dropout rates • college enrollment • juvenile crime • drunken driving • traffic deaths • infant mortality • life expectancy • per…
I am led to conclude that an organization’s structure can be moral or immoral in and of itself. [. . .] consciously constructing an organization that, by its design, impairs people’s health is ultimately no different than willfully using asbestos…
In the past 50 years, humans generated more knowledge than in all their existence on this planet. No wonder the world feels confusing and even overwhelming at times. New combinations of technology, competition, and communications are causing fundamental change in venerable…
One can say that everything has a growth cycle, particularly when we refer to living organisms. However, we can also state that every system designed by humans has a growth cycle. Whatever we create reflects who we are. Therefore, individuals,…
Wherever we turn for learning and development, someone is writing about leadership. From a cursory “google” of the subject, I found at least three books written in the last three years all titled, “The Leadership Gap” alongside countless others addressing…
Recently, surrounded by several conversations each regarding personal boundaries, the same essential question arose — what boundaries define an enlightened relationship versus an entangled one? Although the question appears relatively straight forward, what is confusing is that each of us,…
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