Inspiration and Provocation
Inspiring reminder of who we are
Greetings from the United Kingdom! Last week we trained 130 change leaders in our Model for Unleashing through our partnership with the South West Academic Health Sciences Network at Dartington Hall (shown above). This week we’re at it again - this time in Wales -...
13 Myths about Leading Large-Scale Change
If you tried to get in touch with me this past August, you got my out of office message that I would be out for the entire month. This is the first time in my adult life I’ve given myself permission to take an entire month off at once and I have to tell you – it was...
Dispatches from Switzerland (and Italy) 👣
Hey friends! I’m on my flight home from two amazing weeks in Europe. The first was on Lake Constanz about two hours east of Zurich where I facilitated a retreat for the Climate Breakthrough Project. I think of the Climate Breakthrough Project as the MacArthur Genius...
What the World Needs Now
Hey there! My wife Christine and I took last week off to play with our kids because it was their Spring Break. Oh my goodness - that was really fun and really tiring!!...
It’s never enough. But sometimes you get a high five. 🙌
I have this persistent nagging sense that I'm not doing enough to make the world a better place. Is it just me? Or do you feel that way too, sometimes? I feel that way a lot. I go into a spiral worried about of all the things that are happening with global warming and...
I don’t want to hear “I’m sorry.”
A couple years ago my wife, Christine and I went on a weekend getaway double-date with our good friends, Bob & Jane. I was so excited to see everyone and probably ate too much sugar that afternoon and Friday night I basically talked my face off to the three of...
Four biggest mistakes made by leaders of large-scale change 😬
One of my favorite things to do is speak with alumni of our Skid Row School a few months after they’ve graduated. The phone calls often go something like this: Exchange of pleasantries. So, Becky...the Skid Row School was great and all but...we’re kind...
What’s 🆕 and 🆒 @ the Billions Institute in 2019
I hope that your year is off to a terrific start. I had a terrible cold starting Christmas Eve but you know what? It was kind of wonderful to lay low and get a lot of rest. In between the sniffles and the coughs, I enjoyed copious amounts of laid back quality time...
We’ve got less than 20 years to get our sh%t together
Friends, The science is in. In case you missed it, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change issued a report warning that we’ve got less than 20 years to get our sh%t together or we’re in serious trouble. It’s happening much more quickly than had been anticipated....
Do you want to be on the right side of history or do you want to make history?
Friends, Our fellows met in Los Angeles last week to do some advanced explorations around integrity, justice, and self-care as leaders of large-scale change. Many of you know that we do an introductory investigation of the "hero" at the Skid Row School. The hero...
Inspiring reminder of who we are
Greetings from the United Kingdom! Last week we trained 130 change leaders in our Model for Unleashing through our partnership with the South West Academic Health Sciences Network at Dartington Hall (shown above). This week we’re at it again - this time in Wales -...
13 Myths about Leading Large-Scale Change
If you tried to get in touch with me this past August, you got my out of office message that I would be out for the entire month. This is the first time in my adult life I’ve given myself permission to take an entire month off at once and I have to tell you – it was...
Dispatches from Switzerland (and Italy) 👣
Hey friends! I’m on my flight home from two amazing weeks in Europe. The first was on Lake Constanz about two hours east of Zurich where I facilitated a retreat for the Climate Breakthrough Project. I think of the Climate Breakthrough Project as the MacArthur Genius...
What the World Needs Now
Hey there! My wife Christine and I took last week off to play with our kids because it was their Spring Break. Oh my goodness - that was really fun and really tiring!!...
It’s never enough. But sometimes you get a high five. 🙌
I have this persistent nagging sense that I'm not doing enough to make the world a better place. Is it just me? Or do you feel that way too, sometimes? I feel that way a lot. I go into a spiral worried about of all the things that are happening with global warming and...
I don’t want to hear “I’m sorry.”
A couple years ago my wife, Christine and I went on a weekend getaway double-date with our good friends, Bob & Jane. I was so excited to see everyone and probably ate too much sugar that afternoon and Friday night I basically talked my face off to the three of...
Four biggest mistakes made by leaders of large-scale change 😬
One of my favorite things to do is speak with alumni of our Skid Row School a few months after they’ve graduated. The phone calls often go something like this: Exchange of pleasantries. So, Becky...the Skid Row School was great and all but...we’re kind...
What’s 🆕 and 🆒 @ the Billions Institute in 2019
I hope that your year is off to a terrific start. I had a terrible cold starting Christmas Eve but you know what? It was kind of wonderful to lay low and get a lot of rest. In between the sniffles and the coughs, I enjoyed copious amounts of laid back quality time...
We’ve got less than 20 years to get our sh%t together
Friends, The science is in. In case you missed it, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change issued a report warning that we’ve got less than 20 years to get our sh%t together or we’re in serious trouble. It’s happening much more quickly than had been anticipated....
Do you want to be on the right side of history or do you want to make history?
Friends, Our fellows met in Los Angeles last week to do some advanced explorations around integrity, justice, and self-care as leaders of large-scale change. Many of you know that we do an introductory investigation of the "hero" at the Skid Row School. The hero...