Archive for October 2020

In my last blog I introduced the “Use-of-Self,” a set of agile consulting skills that enliven all 5 Phases of Agile Organization Design. In bringing all of their faculties to the table, the intervenor, in service of broadening their customer’s perspective of reality, beyond just the rational mind, can in real time model making the…

George Washington University’s Center for Excellence in Public Leadership Lately I have been doing a lot of thinking about the existential threats to our lives on this planet as a species. If you watched the presidential debate on Sept. 29th, you may have been dismayed, as I was, by the limited and backward thinking displayed…

Case Study 1 – What is the Context? A regional Chief Technology Officer (CTO) proposed a novel solution to a “hot-potato” public safety problem.  Dropped calls, 911 wait times and failed hand-offs between police, fire and emergency medical agencies resulted in well documented loss of life and property. It was a frequent highlight in the…