Category Archives: Unfolding
A Job is Not Necessarily a “Thing” to “Do”
Normal thought generally fits normal language. In normal language, the subject of a sentence, as in “my job needs me to do X”, is considered to be a person, place or thing. Given that a job isn’t apparently a person … Continue reading
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Tagged organizational consulting, organizational development
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Development Is Not an Item
So much to say. So little room to say it. Development (personal, organizational, evolutionary — and maybe those ought not be separated) winds up as a noun in normal speech. Nouns wind up as things (as in “person, place or thing”, … Continue reading
Skip the Resolutions — Take On Consistent, Timely, Development Instead
New Years resolutions have a weak reputation. Few would stake their lives on it. Even so, many stake a piece of their future on it. And yet, a fresh year does seem to call for something to mark the changeover. I … Continue reading
All Issues are Time Issues
Issues and difficulties can look like they are circumstantial, or personal, or competence- or action-based (not enough results, not enough money, not enough people or talent, etc.) Addressing them as such will get you in trouble — not the kind … Continue reading
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Tagged oranizational consulting, personal development
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Solve the Simple, Transition the Complex
If it’s simple, just solve the problem. If it’s complex, transition. Whatever you do, don’t solve a transition as if it was merely a simple problem. What does all this mean? If the situation, issue or crisis before you: is … Continue reading
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Tagged organizational consulting, organizational development, transitions
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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
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Tagged Right Gradient
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The Investment Model of Development (or the Stupidity of Being Short-Sighted in Long-term Relations)
It never seems like the right time to stop the current action in favor of development. Development makes things worse before they get better. So, it doesn’t seem immediately practical to bet on development when using a “thing-based” short-term timing … Continue reading
Unfolding as a Timing
If I were pushed to summarize the essence of the Contegrity Approach in a single phrase, I would say, “unfolding Life into a fulfillment.” Obviously, the three key terms there are “unfolding“, “Life“, and “fulfillment“. Let’s see if we can unpack … Continue reading
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Unfolding Power
The third leg of the Contegrity Approach’s “triangle of fulfillment” is “power“. In all likelihood, what I mean by power, and what people normally think of as power, have little to do with each other. This discrepancy is quite parallel to … Continue reading
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