Over time, systems of people develop their language to describe their work. The domain language of a human system helps it with explaining common concepts and, in the best cases, adds specificity to rather complex subjects. Unfortunately, though, human systems are changing all of the time, which brings new contributors

There is no stronger bond between people than shared responsibility for one another. How leaders design an environment that expects human cooperation will affect how the people around them develop a sense of accountability between one another, or in some high-tension environments, may inadvertently achieve high levels of responsibility between

Attention is a commodity often overlooked by all except those who understand how to capitalize on it. Attention is the ability to maintain a selected subject for a prolonged period. Attention allows us to align all of our senses into a single direction putting every bit of human capabilities to

Anxiety is an emotion people feel when something they care about is in a state of uncertainty. People often associate feelings of anxiousness as a detractor to their lives when anxiety can be a powerful emotion that invites us to ask more profound questions of ourselves. Avoiding anxiety or wishing

“Laziness arises when the cost of an activity seems to outweigh the benefits.” The Mind Illuminated: A Complete Guide Integrating Buddhist Wisdom and Brain Science for Greater Mindfulness Laziness is a trait all humans have. Laziness is also not something we can control, at least not without extraordinary effort. Laziness

Before humans decide to spend energy, something motivating needs to be present. Each individual weighs this motivation and an internal check of whether or not they will consume energy. An Attractor is a type of motivation, and we often see it used in marketing campaigns and in products designed to

Signs of change failing The confusion or rejection of system change requests should signal to leaders that something does not make sense to the group we seek to change. If I may, most people in Meta’s target audience do not yet see their lives being touched by VR solutions

1. Prepare the organization for change, introduce the problem, and get people in the system to see the situation similarly. 2. Craft a vision and plan for change, bringing people into the conversation and introducing them to change that will address the issues. Seek ways to allow people to have

Entitlement haunts our decision-making. The sense in every one of us that the world should present itself to us in the manner that we believe would be fair. I suspect that the entitlement “sense” is connected to the mind’s way of seeking dopamine guarantees, which conflicts with reality because

Flow Time is a term used to describe the time it takes to align focus and the body into the task properly. Flow Time gives the mind the space it needs to process a job as effectively as the mind and body doing the work are capable of doing. An