This article, Homeless people left out by high tech, in my local newspaper, last week, touched a nerve. The disconnect between Government online system designers and the end-users of those systems is often all too real. It needn’t be that way. Navigating complex online systems can be a challenge for many of us, never mind the homeless, […]
How Government System Designers Can Effectively Communicate With Poor People
August 11, 2015 by · 4 Comments
In Which Corner(s) is Your Conflict?
January 13, 2015 by · Leave a Comment
When in conflict, the source of the conflict can be confusing, never mind the way out! Ken Wilbur’s Integral Vision is a handy, big picture, framework that can be applied to conflict management: Wilbur’s model is not dedicated to conflict. It applies to everything, literally, as I discovered in his A Theory of Everything. Each […]
Public Good: It starts with seeing the big picture in small things
November 19, 2014 by · Leave a Comment
There is a stone in the forest across the waters, the Straight of Juan de Fuca, from where I live. Its a small stone. I haven’t seen it, though apparently, when I locate it, I will hear what ‘quiet’ sounds like. The quiet results from the interaction of many connected things, extending far from that […]
The risk of letting others do your work: Loss of connection
August 11, 2014 by · Leave a Comment
When I let others do my cooking, I hand over control. And, in handing over that control, I sacrifice connection. When I choose to go fast food over home cooking, I’ve removed myself from the connection between food ‘au naturel’ and finished product. There is risk-reward in letting others do your work. No human, […]
Facilitating Organizational Change Through Creativity and Ensemble
August 5, 2014 by · 4 Comments
When a new lens on organizational change comes along, I perk up. As a mediator and consultant, I know the value of lens; of changing perspective, as a lead-in to problem resolution. “The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our thinking.” […]
