Adopting network thinking evolves not only ourselves but all of our interactions at work and home. Read More
Changing Culture Relies on Us
Culture emerges from our behavior and feedback into our decision reinforcing our actions. To change culture we have to decide to be different and act accordingly. As culture reinforces our previous behaviors, we need a sense of rebellion. Over time the culture will respond in kind or alienate the behavior. Others may follow creating a subculture… Read More
Ongoing Processes
We are constantly evolving through incremental changes brought about by the processes we execute. We’re not just evolving as a species but as individuals in how we think and live within our bodies. Change is ever present as is process execution. As we age, the oxygen uptake in our brain changes which leads to different… Read More
The OODA Loop Part 4
As we learned in The OODA Loop Part 1, 2 and 3, the first step in the process we enact every waking moment of our lives is to Observe; the second is to Orient ourselves to our intent, resources, and continuous improvement; and the third is to decide what’s appropriate for our own personal biz.… Read More
The OODA Loop Part 3
As we learned in The OODA Loop Part 1 and 2, the first step in the process we enact every waking moment of our lives is to Observe and the second is to Orient ourselves to our intent, resources, and continuous improvement. The third step is to make a decision. As indicated earlier, a clear… Read More
The OODA Loop Part 2
As we learned in The OODA Loop Part 1, the first step in the process we enact every waking moment of our lives is to Observe. The second step in the OODA process is the most important. How we orient ourselves to the observations we make can determine the course of our lives down to… Read More
The OODA Loop Part 1
“Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.” Viktor E. Frankl from brainyquote.com Whether we are aware of it or not, we utilize processes throughout the days of our lives. When we make toast, get the… Read More
Leveraging Our Future
As discussed the previous posts, Learning Our Leverage Points and Leveraging Our Interactions, we can make our lives easier if we know what force to apply when. We can also lighten our load so to speak as we can focus on applying effort where it’s needed instead of just working endlessly. The other leverage points… Read More
Leveraging Our Interactions
Our paradigms are the beliefs about how our world works and ultimately guides our actions. As Andrew Bernstein points out in The Myth of Stress, “We don’t see things as they are. We see things as we believe them to be.” Thus, if we can change or alter our paradigm to better integrate into our… Read More
Learning Our Leverage Points
Growing ceaselessly until our death, we have to shed the old so we can grow anew. This idea gives credence to the zen story of emptying one’s cup. “A professor who focused on religious studies went to visit a Zen master. While the master quietly served tea, the professor talked about Zen and its relations… Read More
Business of You 