When Have Quick Fixes For Complex Issues Ever Worked?
When faced with an issue or challenge, the instinct is to problem-solve to find a quick solution. When the complexity of the problem is not fully understood, solutions created are often only designed to address a symptom of the underlying issues. Solving symptoms can lead to resolution but, far more often, the solution will fail
ALL INFOWhen Time is the Enemy
Time seems to be speeding up. While there is some debate on whether this is true, there is much less debate on whether the rate of change is speeding up. Influenced by increasing globalization, 24 hour news cycles, competitive pressures, rapidly changing technology, emergence of the new and accelerating obsolescence (planned or otherwise) of
ALL INFOThere Are No Simple Solutions to Complexity
We want it to be simple. We groan under the weight of the increasing complexity we are experiencing – at work, in life, in our communities and in political environments. We bemoan the fact there are no silver bullets even while we continue to search for them. Not only do silver bullets or simple solutions
ALL INFOWhen We See It, It’s Obvious; Until Then, It’s a Hidden Dynamic
When we see it, it’s obvious. Until then, it’s a hidden dynamic. Worldview Intelligence provides many different opportunities to reveal the obvious, making it possible to strategize relationships and communications in ways that move issues of common interest forward, often in new and previously un-thought-of ways. Each of the Worldview Intelligence explorations – personal, professional, team, organizational, cultural, social systems – provides a window
ALL INFOChaos, Order and Control are Worldviews at Play In Mergers and Acquisitions
(This post was inspired by generative conversations between Jerry Nagel and Kathy Jourdain as we think (often) about our Worldview work, our Art of Hosting back ground and our clients.) Mergers and acquisitions are known to have a high failure rate – anywhere from 50% to 83% or even 90% depending on which report you read. A 2010 McKinsey and Co. report indicates more attention needs
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