A lousy time to be a good idea
In which “we send our hypotheses ahead, an expendable army, and watch them fall.”
Latest Articles
Needing Earth and body: notes for July 2025
Remembering Joanna Macy. Two book recommendations (on AI and on facilitation). Two ways of looking at a chair.
Always becoming otherwise: notes for June 2025
Readings about, and in response to, the ‘who cares era’. Ways to show and give care in an extraordinarily careless time.
A real hoot: notes for May 2025
Documenting institutional collapse. The curse of knowledge & cursed knowledge. Workshops on connecting measurement to strategy.
You only take what you bring: notes for April 2025
Two things to read. Plus guides for getting started in consulting (find a client), writing (get over oneself), and analysis (find insight in data).
Monthly links & notes for March 2025
Readings on systems thinking and change management. An upcoming event series on facilitation and health. Last week’s weather.
Why people work at cross-purposes & what to do about it
A guide to finding and making the most of disagreements.