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Tao/It on-ramp, PART II: HERE See Just Tao It, Chapter 1: HERE From my interpretation of the Tao Te Ching, Chapter 18 (Unpublished): When seeing It Fails to be clear, Justice and piety Come by decree. When rationality And forced [...]
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Tao/It on-ramp, PART II: HERE See Just Tao It, Chapter 1: HERE From my interpretation of the Tao Te Ching, Chapter 8 (Unpublished): Acting as water, It is like water. A subtle necessity, It finds Its way To every Low [...]
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Tao/It on-ramp, PART II: HERE See Just Tao It, Chapter 1: HERE From my interpretation of the Tao Te Ching, Chapter 3 (Unpublished): Avoid overpraise of the praiseworthy, And people will not act resentfully. Avoid overvaluing what can be possessed, [...]
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Tao/It on-ramp, PART II: HERE See Just Tao It, Chapter 1: HERE From my interpretation of the Tao Te Ching, Chapter 17 (Unpublished): The best leaders, Dependence disappears. The next best leaders, Are praised. The next, Are feared. The worst, [...]
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Tao/It on-ramp, PART II: HERE See Just Tao It, Chapter 1: HERE From my interpretation of the Tao Te Ching, Chapter 57 (Unpublished): Govern a country with justice. Address conflict with surprise. Conquer the world with patience. How do [...]
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Tao/It on-ramp, PART II: HERE See Just Tao It, Chapter 1: HERE From my interpretation of the Tao Te Ching, Chapter 54 (Unpublished): There’s no uprooting a rooted center. What’s held truly endures. Allow It to enter— benefit. All held [...]
Family businesses are a defining force in the economy. They span everything from corner stores to multi-billion-dollar enterprises, woven into the fabric of communities, regions, and industries. Scale alone doesn’t capture what makes them matter, though. They carry something most organizations don’t: memory that extends backward through generations and forward into futures that haven’t been named [...]
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 Chapter 71 of the Tao Te Ching (Unpublished): Seeing that you don’t know is brilliance. Not seeing that you don’t know is blindness. To [...]
I asked three different AI systems to help me think through a complex organizational challenge last month. Every response gave me some version of a decision tree, prioritization matrix, implementation sequence, or action plan. Not one asked how the people involved were experiencing the change. Not one suggested slowing down long enough to listen before deciding. [...]
There’s a tendency—especially in leadership circles—to treat trust as a cultural layer that sits downstream from the “real work” of organizations. Strategy first. Execution first. Results first. Trust becomes something discussed afterward, usually once strain, disengagement, fragmentation, or burnout begin surfacing. That framing has never held up particularly well once you start paying attention to how [...]