An Emerging
Leadership Philosophy


On Leaving a Legacy

For nearly 500 years, the word “legacy” was used exclusively as a noun to signify a “gift” or “bequest” transmitted from one generation to another. The noun, legacy, carries a wholly positive meaning and represents an act of love, charity and care.

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Concept Before Detail: The Chicken or the Egg?

Which came first: The concept or the details? It is easier for us to understand things when we are first presented with a concept and then supplied with details that allow us to better understand or improve the concept. It is as if “new information” has to somehow attach itself to something we already know in order for us to make sense of it.

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Let Me Tell You a Story

Learning is selective. When we experience life we naturally level, sharpen, and assimilate what we perceive into a story. It becomes our story. We level out what does not make sense to our existing view, we sharpen up what makes more sense, and we assimilate it into a story – an improved perception of the truth.

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Clayten Christensen on Disruptive Innovation

In his 1999 book, The Innovators Dilemma, Clayton Christensen coined the term “disruptive innovation.” In economic terms, he explains how “traditional” organizations so often use new technologies in ways that sustain their already established ways and how they are so often “disrupted” by smaller, more entrepreneurial organizations that use the same technologies differently.

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