Let’s talk about the systems at play around you. What the hell are systems? Well, they’re the underlying patterns and structures that...

We’ve all had that uh-oh moment when a situation, problem or issue arises that is so complex, we don’t know what’s really happening, what...

Many years ago, I was in a meeting with two of my bosses (I actually had 3 at the time) when I was informed that they had made a very...

Years ago, when I was a shiny new leader, I had an employee I thought the world of. Let’s call her Lisa. Lisa was very bright, very...

There’s the micro-manager, the credit stealer, the work shirker, the back-handed complimenter, the underminer, the liar, the manipulator,...

Last week, I received an email from the administrator of a course I had just registered for. The email stated that they had offered me...

If you ever want to know what happens when a person with a high need for variety is denied it, simply watch a salesperson in a long...

Ego arises from our need for significance. There’s nothing wrong with needing to feel significant. It’s simply the need to feel that we...

The late spiritual teacher Ram Dass once wrote, “What I’ve noticed in most of the institutions I’ve been part of is that for the first...

Imagine you’re leading a cross-departmental task force where you and a group of people are building an important new product feature. The...