Natalie and John: A Narrative Perspective on the Future Hopes and Fears Facing Organizational Coaching

Specific kinds of questions may initially contribute to the postmodern complexity, unpredictability and turbulence in our lives, and may increase rather than decrease the pain in our lives, they also keep us alive and vitally engaged in the real world around us. They help prepare us for the extraordinary world that will play out in front of us during the coming decades of the 21" Century.

Posted by William Bergquist
On January 1, 2022
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The VUCA-Plus Challenge of COVID-Related Expertise: Dancing on a Moving and Warped Plane

The leaders operating in 21st Century societies often must deal with major challenges associated with the anxiety experienced by members of their society. This anxiety can be induced in many ways—and there are multiple sources of societal anxiety. We often seem to be stranded on a boat that is caught up in the “perfect storm” […]

Posted by William Bergquist
On October 19, 2021
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Take a Look at Yourself: The Self in System Sensitizer

Progress in any system sometimes depends on uncharacteristic action. But people, leaders, managers and workers have preferred patterns of behavior, things they like to do, things they avoid, and things they do because they are required by the rules of the game, the systemic imperatives.

Posted by Bill Bergquist
On November 26, 2012
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