Category: Thinking

  • Exploring forward-thinking workplaces

    Bill Fox (@BillFoxStrategy) explores forward-thinking ways to work differently in a world of constant whitewater. Here is his and Container13‘s interview series on forward-thinking workplaces where he addresses the following questions: How can we create workplaces where every voice matters, everyone thrives & finds meaning, and change & innovation happen naturally? What does it take to get…

  • David Bohm on ecology, organization, thinking, dialogue, and wholeness

    David Bohm on ecology, organization, thinking, dialogue, and wholeness:1 “… the ecology in itself is not a problem. It works perfectly well by itself. Its due to us, right?” “The earth is one household really, but we are not treating it that way …” “… the more you made society big and you had organization,…

  • Analysis of Sociocracy and Holacracy

    This post is part of my series on organizing “between and beyond.” Other posts are here. The purpose of this post is to explore the history and key assumptions of Sociocracy and Holacracy®. The post is based on my previous posts about Sociocracy and Holacracy. The analysis is summarized here. Background I first heard about…

  • Practices vs. mindset

    Changing practices without changing the mindset is like putting the cart before the horse. With a new mindset, practices change all by themselves. Related post: Sociocracy requires a new mindset

  • The goal of strategy

    The following is from Dan Gray’s blog post about Stephen Bungay’s book The Art of Action: How Leaders Close the Gaps between Plans, Actions and Results. Stephen Bungay is a military historian who has examined the nineteenth-century Prussian army. There are some unexpected strategy lessons here. At least for me. The goal of strategy, according…

  • Thinking like a plant

    “Living thinking can vitalize every area of human engagement.” ~Craig Holdrege, Thinking Like a Plant, p. 10 Here are some brief remarks by Craig Holdrege on how we can model our thinking after living processes. See also other publications by Craig Holdrege.

  • Book Review: Holonomics

    Holonomics: Business Where People and Planet Matter by Simon Robinson and Maria Moraes Robinson is a book which places business within the overall ecosystem of the biosphere. Holonomics is a combination of ‘holos’ (the whole) and economics. The authors highlight the limitations and traps within the current ways of thinking in business. The book is…