How can conflict and alignment coexist?
It can be tricky – innovation and leading edge performance require both conflict and alignment. In The Innovation Code, Jeff DeGraff states, “…it’s our impulse to resolve or eliminate conflict, in the world of innovation we need to resist that impulse, resist...
Ahh – Yes! Perspective from Beetles?
I hosted a houseguest from Ukraine. Yuti was young and loved camping. As he passed through on his cross-country trips he’d stay here to regroup. Each time he arrived he’d tote in his pot filled with an ongoing version of his oxtail soup. He was generous with his...
Ahh – Yes! Five ways we unwittingly create resistance
I throw a punch at my opponent; suddenly I am on the ground, immediately I spiral up to my feet to go for it again. After 27 years of Aikido practice it still sometimes surprises me how a group of people, many over 40, can pummel each other, do literal rolls in the...
Ahh…Yes! How Agree-ers Harm Innovation
I was invited to serve on a Board of Advisors several years ago. After the second meeting, the president shared with me that my participation was causing him to rethink the name of the board. I had taken my role as advisor seriously and thought he really wanted...Mary Barra – power with grace
Mary Barra exemplifies power with grace from my vantage point. She is on my list of people I’d love to have coffee and chat! Today was close, I had a 60 second exchange with her prior to her speaking at the Economic Club in Indy. She is my version of a hero. Our...
Karen Valencic
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