An Emerging
Leadership Philosophy


Sys-Tao Links

The links found in Sys-Tao open directly from your e-book reader if you are connected to the Internet on that device. If you are reading Sys-Tao in hard copy, or if you do not have Internet connectivity on your e-book reader, then these links are listed here by chapter for your convenience.

The purpose of these links is to connect you to thinkers and ideas that relate directly to the subject matter of Sys-Tao. For additional content (ideas and thinkers) related to the emerging Sys-Tao philosophy, but not specifically referenced in the book, please visit The Sys-Tao Blog.

Chapter 1  The Soft Drink Industry and Coca-Cola

  • [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=Pdrr3ZxZUOc width=720 height=480 anchor=”The History of Coca-Cola”]
  • [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=vcG_Pmt_Ny4 width=720 height=480 anchor=”If Japan Can”]

Chapter 3  Profound Knowledge

  • [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=GHvnIm9UEoQ width=720 height=480 anchor=”W. Edwards Deming”]
  • [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=ehMAwIHGN0Y width=720 height=480 anchor=”Five Deadly Diseases”]
  • [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=8jc5fDsgVw0 width=720 height=480 anchor=”The Wisdom of Deming”]
  • [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=dFs9WO2B8uI width=720 height=480 anchor=”The Divided Brain”]

Chapter 4  Cultural Roots – West Meets East

  • [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=ZoDtoB9Abck width=720 height=480 anchor=”East and West Cultural Differences”]

Chapter 5  Understanding Relationships

  • [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=0MM-psvqiG8 width=720 height=480 anchor=”The Difference Between Winning and Succeeding”]
  • [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=kBJFJVZMnlo width=720 height=480 anchor=”The Tao of Physics”]

Chapter 6  The Neuroscience of Learning and Motivation

  • [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=JismoWKknZ4 width=720 height=480 anchor=”Neuroplasticity”]
  • [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=rrkrvAUbU9Y width=720 height=480 anchor=”Daniel Pink: The Puzzle of Motivation”]
  • [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=_mG-hhWL_ug width=720 height=480 anchor=”Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us”]
  • [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=mWaIE6u3wvw width=720 height=480 anchor=”Thinking Fast and Slow”]

Chapter 7  Mission Statements

  • [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=tvos4nORf_Y width=720 height=480 anchor=”How Will You Measure Your Life?”]
  • [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=WxwR_TTuKdc width=720 height=480 anchor=”Disruptive Innovation”]
  • Measures That Matter

Chapter 9  A Process Control Environment

  • [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=L_2EFTQy_v0 width=720 height=480 anchor=”The Red Bead Experiment”]
  • [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”47207803″ width=”720″ height=”480″ anchor=”Sys-Tao The Movie”]
  • [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”47121458″ width=”720″ height=”480″ anchor=”The Sys-Tao Experience”]
  • [video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id=”84087502″ width=”720″ height=”480″ anchor=”A Family Tradition”]

Chapter 13  All the Time, Cycle Time, & On Time

  • [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=yZDRB_z51MQ width=720 height=480 anchor=”Hewlett-Packard Skit”]

Chapter 17  Snap the Whip

  • [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=jU2iWZEYbKA width=720 height=480 anchor=”Thinking Globally”]

Chapter 19  The Theory of Knowledge

  • [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=W81CHn4l4AM width=720 height=480 anchor=”TED Talks with Dr. Joe Dispenza”]
  • [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=5J_vctoEstk width=720 height=480 anchor=”Why Is It So Hard to Change?”]
  • [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=LENqnjZGX0A width=720 height=480 anchor=”TedX Houston – Dr. David Eagleman”]

Chapter 21  Systems Thinking

  • [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=1biuNl90380 width=720 height=480 anchor=”The Complexity of Life”]
  • [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=aEaZHWXmbRw width=720 height=480 anchor=”Emergence – Complexity from Simplicity”]
  • [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=TLiRXM2oZ_U width=720 height=480 anchor=”The Web of Life”]
  • [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=RUIStx-nZ3I width=720 height=480 anchor=”The Pattern of Living Systems”]

Chapter 24  Predictive Replenishment

  • [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=88UVJpQGi88 width=720 height=480 anchor=”Starling Murmurations”]

Chapter 25  How We Did It

  • [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=s65DSz78jW4 width=720 height=480 anchor=”Fractals, the Hidden Dimension”]
  • [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=uN2CQe7V61E width=720 height=480 anchor=”Seminal Moments for John Seddon”]
  • [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=0af00UcTO-c width=720 height=480 anchor=”Where Good Ideas Come From | Steven Johnson | TED Talks”]