I believe that design is leadership and leadership is design. The challenge for designers and leaders alike is to sort through what is unknown in order to make sense of where to go and then…
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The traits of leaders
Leadership comes in different shapes and sizes and I’m most concerned with how people lead. The work of Ronald Heifetz recently caught my attention and in his book, Leadership without Easy Answers, he describes the…
Out of Alignment
A company’s website says that they have specific values that they are supposed to be living up to each day. However, it doesn’t appear that the company leadership lives, leads, or manages according to these…
Start with the big picture
What constitutes a system? Any kind of organization of people, tools, or resources. It could also be used to describe the way something gets accomplished through a set of programs or services. Systems come in…
Growth vs. fixed mindsets
Moving forward requires one to have an open mind about where they are going and what they are doing. How else to handle unexpected opportunities and possibilities? A fixed mind limits your options because you…
Actively creating quality
When your quality decreases, so does the demand for your product or services. Keeping high standards will certainly help, but so will not losing touch with who you are and what you are doing. Why…