‘Undiscussables’ 45 years later: still here, still bad & somehow even worse
Revisiting Argyris’ ‘undiscussables’ as emergent, unwanted behaviors & as features of organizational control. Keeping courage, showing kindness.
The undefined moon: notes for October 2025
Readings on sneaker manufacturing, a dismal vision from the 1960s, & Wendell Berry on ‘provision.’ Plus two upcoming events.
Needing Earth & body: notes for July 2025
Remembering Joanna Macy. Two book recommendations (on AI & on facilitation). Two ways of looking at a chair.
Always becoming otherwise: notes for June 2025
Readings about & in response to the ‘who cares era’. Ways to show & 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) & analysis (find insight in data).