Pixabay “The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn’t said. “ — Peter Drucker Gregory (Scotland Yard detective): “Is there any other point to which you would wish to draw my attention?” Sherlock Holmes: “To the…
Date Archives September 2018
Ostracizing the Changemaker: Pecking Order and The Price of Conformity
“Collective fear stimulates herd instinct, and tends to produce ferocity toward those who are not regarded as members of the herd.” ― Bertrand Russell Our tribal instincts can be traced back to the dawn of humanity….
Managing Contrasts, Managing Tensions
“The greater the contrast, the greater the potential. Great energy only comes from a correspondingly great tension of opposites.” — Carl Jung The Bathtub Thought Experiment I recently ran this thought experiment to illustrate to my children that…
Corporate Time Warps and The Semmelweis Effect
Time is Relative ”The wise man does at once what the fool does finally.” — Niccolo Machiavelli A farmer is sitting on his porch in a chair, hanging out. A friend walks up to the porch to say…