The whole and its parts

The whole & its parts

Category: Context

Do it to learn what it takes

It’s not always obvious why something is being done and what doing it achieves. Something

Multiple selves

A question I’m sometimes confronted with is how to be authentic in different situations. What

Simplification

The trap of simplification lies in its ability to create an impression of having understood

Really listening

A crucial element in Barack Obama’s decision-making process is his willingness to really listen to

Foreground and background

As Ed Schein once explained, “Culture is telling you moment to moment what to do.”

When risk is involved

The client I was working with was searching for ways to deal with his different

Insults are right

As Steve Jobs explains, the hard thing about change is, that whatever people question in

When meaning was interesting

Listening to a podcast, I heard Fred Shoemaker describe a scene with Timothy Gallwey. Shoemaker

Zooming out

An interesting aspect of goals is how one goal can serve other goals. It can

Using quotes

Quotes are an interesting phenomenon. They are what someone said one day, an expression of

It must be important

When a coaching session comes up, coachees will often assume that the conversation with their