As helping disciplines struggle for credibility, "best practices" and "evidence-based" have become prevalent busswords. It turns out that these phrases may block innovation rather than act as a source of inspiration.

Themes are identifed that can be utilized as training and coaching tools for individuals and organizations as they face cultural diversity.

What’s important enough for you to take on your Possibility Addiction seriously?What practices would you have to do faithfully to change your way of operating from Possibility to Choice?

Perhaps we have not found the right God. In that case, humanity has been living out the implications of the American Gary Larsen’s cartoon which says that, “Before he discovered his true purpose in life, Robin Hood would rob from the rich and give to the porcupines.” This sounds like the human race.

“Coachability” is the willingness to be coached, to listen, to respect instruction and act on it. Coaching (another set of eyes) lets you see what’s missing which, if you act on it, could make a big difference.

If most of my planning had made no difference, what did make a difference? Was most of the world’s strategy and planning really bunk, no more than a way of suppressing anxiety about the future?

There are two parallel worlds in a business. There is the world of technology, machines, objects and design, and the simultaneous world of people’s feelings, relationships, and whatever animates their spirit and moves them to cooperate.

Sustainable Transformation is a misnomer as it’s generally used. In order for transformation to happen, you have to become present or “real,” in the strongest possible sense, to what is now going on and to the inhibiting influences of the past.

Creativity itself is an activity to create something, but Asymmetric Thinking is not creativity. Instead, its purpose is to introduce the possibility of new action.

Explainers Anonymous is a non- profit organization whose purpose is to help people addicted to explaining everything. My name is Phil. I started it.