Tag: Practicing Systems Thinking

Three Pathways of The Practice of Personal Mastery:

by sheilasingapore

FROM EVERYDAY ACTS TO ORGANISATIONAL TRANSFORMATION This guide outlines the full scope and texture of personal mastery as a living discipline. Drawing from real experiences, case studies, and foundational tools from The Fifth Discipline, it shows how personal mastery unfolds across three intensities of engagement: Everyday Practice, Transformational Belief Shift, and Organisational/Societal Engagement. SITUATION 1: … Continue reading Three Pathways of The Practice of Personal Mastery:

Mastery Is Not a Metaphor: Honouring the Depth of The Fifth Discipline

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THE ANTI-THESIS: The Misjudged Simplicity of Deep Work Too often, we assume that knowledge—especially the kind required for leadership and systems transformation—can be transferred in slides, soundbites, or summaries. But The Fifth Discipline is not that kind of work. It was never meant to be packaged, diluted, or consumed at speed. UNDERSTANDING TACIT KNOWLEDGE Tacit … Continue reading Mastery Is Not a Metaphor: Honouring the Depth of The Fifth Discipline

Newspaper Column #11: Why do some problems defy, no, NOT change? – Part III

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As it appeared in the Sunday Standard, Botswana on Sunday Jan 13, 2013 edition. Change Happens at the Speed of Thinking about the Whole rather than of Our Part What causes change to be real?  Understanding it with a story: “The Healing Poison” Hope all of you had fabulous New Year festivities with family loved … Continue reading Newspaper Column #11: Why do some problems defy, no, NOT change? – Part III

Article 2: Setting goals is the easy part. Reaching them is not!

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REACHING THE GOALS YOU HAVE SET IS NOT EASY TILL …. WE FACE AND DEAL WITH STUBBORN PROBLEMS It is a management question. Are you there yet?  What are you doing to get there?  Have you set goals for you and your team? Yet, setting of goals is really the easy part.  And there are … Continue reading Article 2: Setting goals is the easy part. Reaching them is not!