Anymore I can usually tell how good a consultant is in the first few minutes of our conversation. How? By how much they listen. By how much they want to learn, no matter how much they already know. By how much they ask questions instead of talking about themselves. By how much it’s not about… Continue Reading
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Why Problem-Solving Doesn’t Solve Problems (Part 2)
This is Part 2 of this post. If you have not read Part 1, you will find that here. Reverse Engineering the Future We DO Want There is something that DOES work to solve the large, systemic problems our organizations and our communities face today. And that is to aim our efforts out beyond “zero”… Continue Reading
Why Problem-Solving Doesn’t Solve Problems
The War on Drugs. The War on Poverty. The War on Illegal Immigration. Fixing a dysfunctional board. Team-building to boost employee morale. What do all these things have in common? If you answered, “None of them have solved the problem,” you would be right. Decades of fighting drugs, poverty, illegal immigration; decades of trying to… Continue Reading