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The Magic and Power of Coordination—Part 2

Coordination carries a threefold meaning: a way of Being through which we bring actions into relationship, disclose what matters, and transfer Being from situation to situation.

In this sense, coordination involves coordinating action, disclosing significance, and providing continuity of Being.

Part 1 explored coordination as a largely invisible human capacity and introduced six dimensions through which it operates. The table below provides a brief reminder, with an outcome and two practices for each.

Table 1: Six Dimensions of Coordination

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The One Capacity You’ve Ignored Far Too Long—Part 1

If you had to identify one human capacity that makes each of the following possible, what would it be?

Engineering a city
Executing a business strategy
Producing offspring
Running a marathon
Playing in a jazz quartet

The answer may not be obvious. These activities seem to have little in common.

Before revealing what connects them, consider a second list. What might underlie these familiar organizational problems?

Lack of trust
Miscommunication
Lack of clarity
Lack of accountability

At first glance, the two lists appear to ask DOWNLOAD PDF