Category Archives: Right Gradient
Are People Big or Small?
I have been struck by how often developers, leaders and managers come down on one side or another of this issue of people’s basic nature — mostly as a matter of belief rather than of observation. Those who want people to … Continue reading
Chief Development Officer — M.I.A.
Everyone knows there must be a Chief Operating Officer overseeing the major projects and activities of a large company. Why isn’t it also obvious that there needs to be a Chief Development Officer, at the same level of power and … Continue reading
Honor in Development
Feel free to read the title in all its variations in meaning. There is honor in development. One can be in development regarding honor. One can have honor with respect to development. I recommend all three. Here is what I … Continue reading
Posted in Contegrity Principles, Development, Power, Right Gradient
Tagged organizational development, personal development
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Always and Only One Developmental Theme Up
This post ought to be fairly short. Its length is out of proportion to its importance. If pressed I would say that this is the heart of the matter of development, and it is rarely well done. The title is more … Continue reading
Posted in Contegrity Principles, Development, Right Gradient, Unfolding
Tagged Development, One Theme Up
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Three Sufi Stories Regarding Development
I once made up a “Sufi story” (a teaching story with a twist) in a conversation a number of years ago with a brilliant man and teacher who had two PhDs and had studied time for 50 years. My intent was to show … Continue reading
Posted in Contegrity Principles, Development, Right Gradient, Unfolding
Tagged Right Gradient
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