Both/And Polarity Leveraging

Human Prompts: The Human Skills Required for Wiser Decisions in the AI Era

By Cliff Kayser|2026-05-14T14:29:27-04:00May 14th, 2026|Both/And Polarity Leveraging, Polarity Thinking, Wiser Decisions|

Strengthening uniquely human capacities in accelerating systems I’ve spent much of my professional life working across what initially appeared to be very different domains: executive coaching, team coaching, organization development, polarity thinking, leadership development, democracy work, systems thinking, and more recently the implications of artificial intelligence. For years I treated many of these as adjacent disciplines. [...]

Just Tao It, Chapter 16: Movement & Stillness

By Cliff Kayser|2026-05-06T19:22:44-04:00May 6th, 2026|Both/And Polarity Leveraging, Just Tao It, Polarity Thinking|

See the Series Introduction for Just Tao It, Part I: HERE See the Just Tao It Series Introduction Tao/It on-ramp, PART II: HERE See Just Tao It, Chapter 1: HERE From my interpretation of the Tao Te Ching, Chapter 16 (Unpublished): Watch, listen, and be Empty space. Stillness returns Serenity. Without the wellspring, Life narrows. Reckless movement growing, [...]

Just Tao It, Chapter 19: Simplicity & Complexity — When Interdependent Strengths Get Separated

By Cliff Kayser|2026-05-05T19:50:10-04:00May 5th, 2026|Both/And Polarity Leveraging, Just Tao It, Polarity Thinking|

See the Series Introduction for Just Tao It, Part I: HERE See the Just Tao It Series Introduction Tao/It on-ramp, PART II: HERE See Just Tao It, Chapter 1: HERE From my interpretation of the Tao Te Ching, Chapter 19 (Unpublished): Reduce emphasis on piety, Ease returns. Reduce emphasis on rationality, What is natural appears. Reduce emphasis on [...]

Just Tao It, Chapter 6: What Remains When Nothing Does — Stimulus & Response

By Cliff Kayser|2026-05-05T16:12:51-04:00May 5th, 2026|Both/And Polarity Leveraging, Just Tao It, Polarity Thinking|

See the Series Introduction for Just Tao It, Part I: HERE See the Just Tao It Series Introduction Tao/It on-ramp, PART II: HERE See Just Tao It, Chapter 1: HERE From my interpretation of the Tao Te Ching, Chapter 6 (Unpublished): It is, without limit. Like a valley, still. Like a mystery spirit— a well, forever full, for [...]

Coaching: A Core Competency in an AI-Inhabited World

By Cliff Kayser|2026-05-02T06:33:21-04:00May 1st, 2026|Both/And Polarity Leveraging, Polarity Thinking, Wiser Decisions|

Strengthening uniquely human capacities in accelerating systems Artificial intelligence is rapidly becoming one of the great accelerants in human history. Speed accelerates. Information accelerates. Production accelerates. Analysis accelerates. Even imitation accelerates. A question appears and within seconds a polished response arrives carrying the tone of certainty, coherence, and authority. The experience can feel almost magical until [...]

Just Tao It, Chapter 4: Emergence & Receptivity

By Cliff Kayser|2026-04-29T18:05:48-04:00April 29th, 2026|Both/And Polarity Leveraging, Just Tao It, Polarity Thinking|

See the Series Introduction for Just Tao It, Part I: HERE See the Just Tao It Series Introduction Tao/It on-ramp, PART II: HERE See Just Tao It, Chapter 1: HERE From my interpretation of the Tao Te Ching, Chapter 4 (Unpublished): Draw from It— empty, yet never dry. A well, of all sources. From It, the ten thousand [...]

Just Tao It, Chapter 49: Discernment & Trust

By Cliff Kayser|2026-04-29T12:52:53-04:00April 29th, 2026|Both/And Polarity Leveraging, Just Tao It, Polarity Thinking|

See the Series Introduction for Just Tao It, Part I: HERE See the Just Tao It Series Introduction Tao/It on-ramp, PART II: HERE See Just Tao It, Chapter 1: HERE From my interpretation of the Tao Te Ching, Chapter 49 (Unpublished): With open mind, the wise find all people worthy of care. Those who live nobly, are treated [...]

Just Tao It, Chapter 52: Attention & Awareness

By Cliff Kayser|2026-04-28T17:55:12-04:00April 28th, 2026|Both/And Polarity Leveraging, Just Tao It, Polarity Thinking|

See the Series Introduction for Just Tao It, Part I: HERE See the Just Tao It Series Introduction Tao/It on-ramp, PART II: HERE See Just Tao It, Chapter 1: HERE From my interpretation of the Tao Te Ching, Chapter 52 (Unpublished): From mother, creator. to inheritor. And here— we are. Leaving innocence, wants arise. In wants, we lose [...]

Just Tao It, Chapter 44: Ambition & Sufficiency

By Cliff Kayser|2026-04-28T14:25:28-04:00April 28th, 2026|Both/And Polarity Leveraging, Just Tao It, Polarity Thinking|

See the Series Introduction for Just Tao It, Part I: HERE See the Just Tao It Series Introduction Tao/It on-ramp, PART II: HERE See Just Tao It, Chapter 1: HERE From my interpretation of the Tao Te Ching, Chapter 44 (Unpublished): Which is closest, fame or self-knowing? Which is dearest, self-knowing or riches? Which is torturous, gains or [...]

Just Tao It, Chapter 81: Action & Words

By Cliff Kayser|2026-05-07T16:02:43-04:00April 28th, 2026|Both/And Polarity Leveraging, Just Tao It, Polarity Thinking|

See the Series Introduction for Just Tao It, Part I: HERE See the Just Tao It Series Introduction Tao/It on-ramp, PART II: HERE See Just Tao It, Chapter 1: HERE From my interpretation of the Tao Te Ching, Chapter 81 (Unpublished): True words don’t depend on eloquence, while eloquent words don’t define what’s true. The wisest words have [...]