1. Prepare the organization for change, introduce the problem, and get people in the system to see the situation similarly. 2. Craft a vision and plan for change, bringing people into the conversation and introducing them to change that will address the issues. Seek ways to allow people to have

Entitlement haunts our decision-making. The sense in every one of us that the world should present itself to us in the manner that we believe would be fair. I suspect that the entitlement “sense” is connected to the mind’s way of seeking dopamine guarantees, which conflicts with reality because

Flow Time is a term used to describe the time it takes to align focus and the body into the task properly. Flow Time gives the mind the space it needs to process a job as effectively as the mind and body doing the work are capable of doing. An

It is somewhat ironic that the introduction of new ideas will benefit and harm the human system. We yield benefits when people truly understand the target outcomes and can work towards them in a self-learning fashion. On the other hand, introducing novelty could risk: * Misaligning the application of a solution

The word “career” is often ambiguously positioned from person to person. While I have asked this question to hundreds of professionals, the answer is almost always unpredictable, yet situationally classifiable if I dare try and share my current perspective. My career is a side effect of my education and current

By default, done is ambiguous. Generously scoped projects suffer from many meanings of “done.” In the technology domain, done can mean many different things depending on who you are in the project. For example: * As a developer, done can mean Code Complete, but it is not QA complete or available

The Enabling Constraint is a constraint type that provides boundaries yet is flexible enough to allow components constrained by them to apply reason. Enabling Constraints allows human systems to use creativity, novelty, negotiation, and compromise. Enabling Constraints can encourage more communication or the need for more frequent touchpoints. Enabling Constraints

As we continue to explore the constraint paradigm, it can also be essential to apply some heuristics to good constraint design. An Incomplete Constraint can be somewhat troublesome when applied to a human system. Take, for instance, an organization that wishes to use rigor in its cost management processes. Given

Governing constraints are applied when a system demonstrates traits that contradict the overall goals it intends to realize. Governing constraints are far-reaching, controversial, immutable, and often difficult to change once applied. Governing constraints in human systems are most often used to mitigate behaviors possible by those participating in the human

Desire in state adjustment, the target focus is from the current state to the next. Natural components of the mind will inhibit our ability to track the ideal state. For instance, when prior expectations have not been met. “John should have taken out the garbage.” This statement is a simple