Dr. Kathleen E. Allen is the author of Leading from the Roots: Nature Inspired Leadership Lessons for Today’s World (2018) and President of Allen and Associates, a consulting firm that specializes in leadership, innovation, and organizational change. She writes a blog on leadership and organizations that describes a new paradigm of leadership that is based in lessons from nature and living systems at www.kathleenallen.net
by Dr. Kathleen Allen - We are living in a world where we experience multiple and often competing world views every day, and leadership assumptions…
by Dr. Kathleen Allen - In April, some colleagues and I hosted a call on Leading Through Disruption: A Living Systems Path to Rapid Adaptation.…
by Dr. Kathleen Allen - Many management teachings are rooted in the assumption that businesses are like machines – inert and programmable. These approaches also…
by Dr. Kathleen Allen - Nature is rarely at rest. It resets itself on a continual basis. This adaptive cycle can be thought of like…
by Dr. Kathleen Allen - During so much uncertainty and disruption in these unprecedented times, walking into the unknown can feel daunting. As leaders, we…
by Dr. Kathleen Allen - It’s that time of year when the leaves are turning from their familiar greens to vibrant shades of red, orange…
by Dr. Kathleen Allen - Perfection really isn’t perfect anymore I used to consider perfection the pinnacle of professional competency. It was not only desirable…
by Dr. Kathleen Allen - The conventional practice when leading change is to push the direction down from the top down. After all, hierarchical structures…
by Dr. Kathleen Allen - When a flower doesn’t bloom, fix the environment in which it grows, not the flower. A friend sent me this…
by Dr. Kathleen Allen - Ways the relationship between a squid and its bacteria buddy can teach us how to build stronger, more mutually beneficial…
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