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Listen to my conversation with Ann Caton, consultant in organization development and executive coach, talking about culture and session design. This day she was busy working in her office on the second floor of her home in Washington D.C. overlooking her backyard and a school playground. I interrupted her to ask what new ideas were on her mind. I'm glad I did. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/patrick-masterson0/message

Barry Johnson and I had been having breakfast at my favorite B&B in Cleveland when we took a few moments to talk about Polarity Management. Barry Johnson is the Chairman and Chief Thought Leader of Polarity Partnerships. His latest book, And: Volume One—Foundations is available for purchase now [https://www.polaritypartnerships.com/new-products]. Barry shares a story from an organization he worked with that had a high value for autonomy in their employees and programs. However, this was leading the isolation and competition between them. They had a new desire to move toward greater integration. But, they used a typical gap analysis and treated the move toward integration as a solution to their problem, rather than a polarity to manage (meaning the polarity between autonomy and integration). This resulted in failed attempts to move toward integration until they began using a polarity management approach. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/patrick-masterson0/message

Awareness building and mobilizing energy are not optional steps in the cycle of experience, they are required for effective action taking. Herb shares an alternative to “ready, fire, aim." --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/patrick-masterson0/message

For practitioners who work with organizations and leaders under stress, this outtake from the archives (2009) holds both insights into common behaviors and levers for making change. In it Earl Braxton, Ph.D shares his thinking on leadership, Kurt Lewin’s influence, and the common characteristics of groups under stress. This recording was made at a Symposium by the Lewin Center for Research and Social Justice. Thank you to Earl Braxton for sharing his analysis, to Joseph Lennox for hosting, to Brenda Jones for facilitating and to the Lewin Center that continues to do important work in the world. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/patrick-masterson0/message