Plugging the “ingenuity gap”

A few years ago, there was a growing buzz about the “ingenuity gap.” The question posed by author Thomas Homer-Dixon was whether the world’s problems have outstripped our ability as…

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5 Ways to Be an Agile Leader

Leadership can feel like an endless journey in putting out fires: circumstances can change at a moment’s notice. Here are 5 ways to be an agile leader: Use cognitive diversity…

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Jumping Curves

In our Strategic Doing trainings and in the book, one of the core concepts is the idea of “jumping curves.” Individual organisms, technologies, and economies all obey the principle of the S-Curve

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Do We Really Know What Agile Means?

A common word to use now to tell employees what they need to do to advance themselves or the institution is to be agile. It’s popular in many articles, job descriptions, and bios to say the person is an agile leader.

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Collaboration is a Process

In completing the research for my dissertation, it surprised me that the most insightful work on collaboration was published in 1990. Written by Michael Schrage, the book carries the surprising…

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Leadership as Art

Artists can help us see around corners. They can tap into our unconscious mind to make us aware. They can present us with unique vantage points from which to see…

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