The Authentic Organization

Thank you very much for the resources on authentic work that you suggested to me, in email and in the comments of my recent request. Now I have another favor to ask of you. I’m planning on pulling together and submitting a proposal for this book soon. (And yes, I will post it all here [...]

[slug]why relationships[/slug] By now it must be clear that our relationship to time and our relationship to failure must be fairly strongly linked. My own intuition about that linkage is part of what led to my focus on authenticity and work. But there is one last story to tell, the third and most personal perspective. [...]

[slug]why fail[/slug] In the context of knowledge management and learning, I’ve been actively exploring the topic of failure for many years. There are good reasons for this focus. Our relationship to failure is a powerful force, tied in with approval, shame, love, and even our sense of survival. In our lives and in our organizations, [...]

[slug]why time[/slug] Time is the fundamental currency. All other aspects of scarcity and abundance find their basis in our experience and relationship with time. My own personal journey and my professional observations are reflections of this truth. The peak of my own dysfunctional relationship with time might be more extreme than most. There was a [...]

[slug]why overview[/slug] I want to tell you a little bit about why I’m writing this book. I’ve already told these stories to readers of Nonprofit Online News, but for completeness’ sake I want to include them here. Although I’m not sure any of them could truly be considered a prime cause, I could point to [...]