SOCAP Executive Summit
I’m thrilled to have the opportunity to run a 2-day workshop in Nashville on April 12-13. There is still time to […]
Adaptive Hierarchy
Hierarchy is often criticized. Some call for it to be abolished. The call is naive. Hierarchy has always been with […]
Accountability to Excellence
I was listening to a talk on marriage. The speaker described the positive feelings that two people tend to have […]
Gratitude and Generativity
Shawn Quinn is a consultant and teacher. He focuses on building positive organizations. He tells a story about the power […]
Generative Organizing
My close friend and colleague, Jane Dutton, loves to talk about the topic of “generative organizing.” She speaks of the moments […]
A Culture of Learning
We visited a class in which students had been learning about positive leadership and organizations. They knew much, for example, […]
Becoming Part of the Whole
I once had an instructive encounter. A person came to me who was deeply upset, pushed outside the zone of […]
The Common Good
A few years ago I attended a formal dinner. David McCullough, the famous biographer spoke. He told two stories. The […]
The Necessity of Celebration in Dark of Times
We received a message from a person who has been in a senior role for ten years. Because of external […]
Commitment
This is an impressive, beautiful, and instructive short video. It captures a young man climbing a 2,500 foot, sheer face, […]