Middle Ground
When ideas and opinions push to the extreme finding where the middle ground is becomes an innovation challenge. Darling I
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Sensemaking, Design and Innovation
We can’t change what we don’t understand and can’t understand what we can’t make sense of. Design is the discipline
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But/And: A Psychology of Dualism
Replace the word ‘but’ with ‘and’ to change not only your language, but your worldview, too.
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Incubation and Echoes
Systems change requires the kind of tools and mindset shifts that can move how and what we see to act better. We profile various strategies to help you do that.
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The Gratitude Mindset (Why it Matters)
Being grateful makes us feel good and helps us find what important things to focus on when developing a strategy for innovating and moving ahead.
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Not Working vs Wrong
Change is hard because our identities often depend on us being right, even when we are not. Understanding the myths we hold to can be a means to get past this and make real change and make it stick.
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Doing Nothing: An Innovation Paradox
Strategy in chaos is like whitewater rafting — it needs stillness among the motion. Sometimes the best transformation and boldest action is doing nothing.
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Noticing and the Art of Paying Attention
Innovation is about seeing things differently. This article looks at how our perceptions of the world can influence what we see and what we miss and how evaluation can help with it all.
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Seasons and the Sun: Seeing and Experiencing Change
Thinking in ‘seasons’ allows us to see systems at play that are disguised in the every day. To every thing
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Leadership Skills for Complex Times
Leadership through complexity requires strategies that match our situation: they are flexible, diverse, and creative. “He had a tremendous propensity
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