by Scott Spann | Apr 5, 2017 | Fundamentals
For well over 50 years now, Systems Thinking has offered us the opportunity to see, understand, and act with leverage on “the whole” vs. chasing the pieces. So, why haven’t we seen more of it. Here’s the one thing that missing – and would... 
by Scott Spann | Mar 26, 2017 | Fundamentals
Emergent Impact – Organization/Network/Movement Building from the Ground Up Emergent Impact is what makes Effortless Leadership and Effortless Consulting work – why it’s possible at all – by working with Emergence, not against it. Emergent Impact exists between two... 
by Scott Spann | Mar 19, 2017 | Fundamentals
“Effortless” Consulting – working with (vs. against) the reality of being human working in and on complex systems. Effortless Consulting sounds a lot like Effortless Leadership, doesn’t it. Well, it should. Consultants, too, are working with humans... 
by Scott Spann | Mar 12, 2017 | Fundamentals
Effortless Leadership – working with (vs. against) the reality of being human working in and on complex systems. I touched on this on my “About” page. But, because even the notion of “effortless” is new to many leaders, it’s worth a bit of a deeper dive here. And,... 
by Scott Spann | Mar 12, 2017 | Fundamentals
Here we’ll walk “end-to-end” through an example of how working in an emergent, systems centered way actually works to solve complex, “impossible” problems – building from the individual stakeholder perspective; through relationship building in teams (or... 
by Scott Spann | Mar 5, 2017 | Fundamentals, Lessons from the Field
When I’m asked what I “do”, my typical response is “I solve problems most leaders think are impossible to solve” – and it’s true – I didn’t make that up. The leader of the #1 laptop computer supply chain literally said “That’s impossible” in response to my offer to...
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