The whole and its parts

The whole & its parts

Category: Power

Problematic conflicts

Many organizations swear by processes. They seek efficiency and the effects of scale. To achieve

Constraints and obligations

Obligations limit us and reduce our ability to live fully. Constraints help us remain aware

Doubting

There is knowing. There is not knowing. And there is a combination of both. That’s

Achieve purpose

Martin Luther King Jr described power as “the ability to achieve purpose.” His definition of

The focus of our attention

When setting out from one place to get to another, we set ourselves an objective.

Distribution of power

Over the centuries, people developed different ways to relate to power. A result of this

The choices we have

We can decide to adapt to others and seek to please them. We can remember

In right there is might

When Herbert J. Taylor developed the four-way test, it was to save the company he

The four-way test

In 1932 Herbert J. Taylor was tasked with saving a company from bankruptcy. After a

Being busy

When I was a kid, it seemed necessary to always do something. My mother was

Vulnerability

Sometimes people believe that they’ve made themselves vulnerable. The only way this can happen is

With and from

There are things in life we cannot choose, nor change. Sometimes, these things are given,