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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.

Six dimensions of coordination with inquiries, outcomes, and practices Table 1: Six Dimensions of Coordination

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By |2026-09-21T23:15:08-04:00September 21st, 2026|Blog, Communication, Leadership|0 Comments

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

By |2026-09-21T21:53:28-04:00August 31st, 2026|Blog, Communication, Leadership|0 Comments

Being Late Is More About Being Than Time

The headline — “Gen Z workers think showing up 10 minutes late to work is as good as being on time” — first caught my attention two years ago.

Since then, many articles have explored and even normalized this sentiment. Predictably, these conversations often spiral into debates about work culture, generational values, capitalism, power, and respect.

Exploring commentary and Reddit threads, I found evidence of these discussions dating to 2019, well before the pandemic reshaped our relationship to work and time.

What I found were several surface interpretations of timeliness and lateness:

— Some argue that strict adherence to time DOWNLOAD PDF

By |2026-06-08T12:20:27-04:00May 18th, 2026|Blog, Leadership|0 Comments
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