by Norman Wolfe | Jun 26, 2025 | Applied Improvisation, Innovation, Jane Wolfe, Leadership, Management, Organization & Culture, Strategy, Vision, Work as Play
Once a year, my wife Jane and I attend a ceramics workshop. For me, it’s an opportunity for Jane and I to share some creative time together. And, it’s an adventure into a domain I rarely explore, learning to create objects of art out of a clump of clay. One year, the...
by Norman Wolfe | Nov 15, 2011 | Innovation, Leadership, Norman Wolfe, Organization & Culture, Quantum Leaders, Strategy, Uncategorized
Today our world added its 7 billionth member. Imagine a world population of 7 billion people! While that is staggering, I find the rate of growth even more astounding. In 1999, we had just passed the 6 billion mark, which is 1 billion people in just over a decade. ...
by Norman Wolfe | Aug 5, 2011 | Innovation, Leadership, Management, Norman Wolfe, Organization & Culture, Strategy, Uncategorized
In 1992 Margaret Wheatley wrote a book, Leader and the New Science. I had it in my bookshelf for probably 10 to 15 years but never got around to reading it, that is, until now. I am amazed at how much she writes is what I present in my book The Living Organization®....
by Norman Wolfe | Jul 19, 2011 | Innovation, Leadership, Management, Norman Wolfe, Organization & Culture, Strategy, Strategy Execution
One of the three tenets of The Living Organization® model for creating results is the interdependence of the three energy fields of Activity, Relationship, and Context. The Context defines what the possible range of results can be. Yet, we continually lean on our...
by Norman Wolfe | May 12, 2011 | Innovation, Norman Wolfe, Quantum Leaders, Uncategorized
I lost a dear friend and partner this past month. Many of you knew Gregg Gallagher, who passed on April 6, 2011 after loosing a brave battle against cancer. It is very hard for me to put into words my feelings, thoughts and remembrances of Gregg because the experience...
by Norman Wolfe | May 3, 2011 | Innovation, Leadership, Management, Marketing, Organization & Culture, Strategy, Strategy Execution, Uncategorized
This past weekend we facilitated a strategy session for the board of directors of a local non-profit. Our major objective was to create a greater level of engagement among the board (especially among its large percentage of new members) and to focus their efforts on...
