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Tracking Expectations
John Dewey said, “We don’t learn from experience. We learn from reflecting on experience.” It’s one of my favorite quotes, because coming across this idea – and then putting it into practice – changed the way I understood the power of reflection. And being able to reflect ultimately starts with knowing what you’re reflecting on.…
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How we think about client needs or requirements
We often think about client work in terms of how to meet their needs. I’ve often found it helpful to ask some probing questions of teams to try to understand what types of needs we’re talking about. Common possibilities include: Some clarifying lines of questioning include: I’m curious whether you also see this nuance, what…
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One shape coaching can take
Develop and test your personal strategy, in a container of caring reflection, thought partnership, and creative accountability to support you to gather your tools & develop your practice of continuous improvement via evidence-based problem solving and small, intentional learning cycles. We’ll design small tests of your ideas, reflect on your experiences, track your progress in…
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Why I care about this rationality thing
On the world stage right now, I’m seeing cult-like dynamics play out that I know well from having spent 12 consecutive years in 2 consecutive cults. I have first-hand experience of the damage that cults bring to a person’s psyche and their lives and communities. That is happening now en masse through micro-targeting via increasingly…
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Acting Rationally VS Applying Rationality
There’s a difference between acting rationally and applying rationality. I believe most of us act rationally, in the sense that we optimize for our best outcomes based on what we think and believe at the time, based on what we’re aware of in the moment, the information we consciously have access to in that moment.…
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On Integral Theory
Integral Theory is a philosophical meta-framework developed by Ken Wilber, drawing heavily from Spiral Dynamics based on the work of Clare Graves and Don Beck. It was born of an extensive study of different frameworks and theories of the world and taking the approach that none of these is 100% wrong. What followed is a…
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Flowchart example: Tidying the room
This is an example is of a knowledge map. It’s a flowchart that describes the steps that this client wanted to practice following in order to keep their room tidy. Typically, we would create knowledge maps like this one after identifying a process you already have in place that you’d like to “make explicit” or…
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And so what is Continuous Improvement?
Continuous improvement is the art & science of how to Always Be Learning. Discover how to weave in these practices to support you to keep getting closer to your vision. Learn more! Discover easeful ways to adjust to change Build skills, learn simple tools & develop scalable systems (reliable ways of doing things) that support…
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Cultivating authentic community
One of the best ways to learn is together. Circles are ancient technology for engaging in community and support each other in our quests. I love that though I can’t see what’s behind me (e.g., my unseen tendencies), others in a circle can see some of it! We all have different parts of the puzzle,…
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Aligning to your vision
We have only so many hours in the day. Especially as we learn / yearn to establish healthy boundaries for ourselves around how much we work and how much time we spend taking care of ourselves, our families, our communities outside of work. So how do we really make that time count? Aligning to your…