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Inventing Better Problems

Einstein said something profound about solving problems: “The significant problems we face today cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them.” His thought contains two powerful ideas: that our thinking actually creates problems and that solutions entail different levels of thought.

Adventures of Painstaking Pragmatism

Since the birth of the 24-hour news cycle and its cousin, the seemingly infinite blogosphere, leaders have struggled to capture the public’s …

Something Wild

Once in a great while we encounter art that deeply moves us, opening pathways for the heart and spirit to learn. Such …

Getting Wet

During the late 1990s, like many Kellogg Fellows, I had the pleasure of participating in an Outward Bound program as part of …

The Sword That Heals

Share| As I have watched the national dialogue on health care over the past several months, there is a consistent theme on …

The Courage to Look Up

“When you’re digging a ditch, don’t look up.”  A scout leader gave me this advice 36 years ago, when I was eleven.  …

Fear

Ultimately we know deeply that the other side of every fear is a freedom. ~ Marilyn Ferguson (1938-2008) I grew up in …

The Courage to Promote Freedom

Developing leaders often confuse leadership with one of the four “Ps”: Power, Position, Privilege and Property. I recently confronted a leadership challenge very …