Author Archives: Steve
CHD’s Amazing Story of Teamwork
The June issue of the Peer Spirit newsletter is out with the story of CHD’s building project. It has now been a year and a half since we moved into the building and I am still filled with wonder and … Continue reading
FollowAikido Blend is an Evolutionary Move
Here is an audio recording of Leadership: Mastery of the Three Domains, a presentation by Richard Strozzi-Heckler to the Ultimate Men’s Summit.
In his talk, Strozzi-Heckler suggests that the blending move in aikido is an evolutionary adaptation that provides an alternative to … Continue reading
Posted in Peace & Compassion, Somatic
Tagged Aikido, evolution, Leadership, Strozzi-Heckler
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The New Healthcare System
The New Health Care System by David Nather is a good primer describing what is included in the 2010 healthcare reform legislation. It is clearly written and avoids the irrationality and rhetoric that has surrounded so much of the media … Continue reading
My Travel Map
It is interesting to see a visual of my travels. I feel a bit overwhelmed and discouraged by how much white space there is and so little green space. It could easily activate my competitiveness to want to … Continue reading
Adaptive Leadership in Healthcare
I just listened to an interesting podcast from Plexus Institute in which Dr. Marcus Thygeson discusses the application of adaptive leadership to healthcare.
Several years ago, I discovered Ronald Heifetz in this article on leadership in Fast Company magazine. I can … Continue reading
Posted in Healthcare, Leadership, Living Systems
Tagged adaptive leadership, complexity, healthcare, Leadership, Ronald Heifetz
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Why Stay?
Today is the one year anniversary of my leaving CHD after 35 years of wresting with the question of “Why stay?”. So, I love this reflection from Meg Wheatley. What she says resonates with my experience for years of staying … Continue reading
Posted in Inspirational Writing, Reflection
Tagged Margaret Wheatley, Perseverence, Reflection
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What Fascia Actually Looks Like
I just finished getting a treatment from my most amazing massage therapist, John Combe. I have learned so much about the holding patterns in my body and how they reflect (or perhaps even cause) the patterns of holding and … Continue reading
Loss
“If we are able to give ourselves to the loss, to move toward it – rather than recoil in an effort to escape, deny, distract or obscure – our wounded hearts become full, and out of that fullness we will … Continue reading
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Leadership in Times of Complexity and Chaos
The Leader’s Framework for Decision Making by David J. Snowden and Mary E. Boone
Harvard Business Review November 2007
This article provides a really nice connection between complexity theory and leadership, suggesting that different styles of leadership are needed for varying contexts:
Simple … Continue reading
Celebrating the Beauty of Living Systems ~ Bryan Alvarez
This is yet another amazing and beautiful TED talk. In it Bryan Alvarez describes the inticacy and beauty of living systems and shows the beginning of an atlas of the human body.