Resources

August 2, 2018 Learning today is not about knowing all the answers. It’s about being an expert learner and inviting others to be expert learners, too. Parents help children navigate their world. Managers and executives supervise workers. Community leaders invite neighbors to work together. Experienced workers help new employees learn the ropes. How do you learn those skills? How do you help others learn? HSD offers ways to build your capacity to become a master learner and a generative doer.

June 21, 2018 Join us to hear 2-3 HSD Professionals share their HSD stories about how they use HSD principles, models, and methods to change their worlds every day.

June 7, 2018 Many people talk about diversity and inclusion. Too often those conversations don’t influence action in real life. What if you give up seeing “problems” of diversity? What if you learned to create “patterns” of inclusion? Adaptive Action and Pattern Logic help you understand patterns of bias, so you can create generative patterns of engagement.

May 3, 2018 Culture is complex, but culture change calls for simple action. You respond to questions, challenges, innovations, and ideas in ways that shape new patterns of thought and action. How can you learn this dance that lets you shift in the moment? How can you use cycles of inquiry and action to keep moving forward? HSD opens opportunities for culture change. Learn Adaptive Action to shape the cultural patterns you want.

April 5, 2018 You drown in data. Electronic sources are never-ending. Customer and performance information comes through in real time. Research, news, shifting regulations, and personal stories keep your inbox full to overflowing. You can’t hope to sort through it all. How can you separate the noise from the news and find information to fuel your next wise action? HSD helps you manage your attention to focus on the differences that make a difference to you and your world.

March 15, 2018 This is the Annual Meeting of the HSD Institute. Glenda shares information about the HSD Network Map, followed by guest speakers Laura Williams, Nicki McNaney, and Mary Nations.

March 1, 2018 You depend on videoconference, emails, texts, and other social media to connect with co-workers and clients. Sometimes you find ways to work together well. Other times you miss the mark. How can you accomplish anything when you work in different places? HSD offers tools and ideas to help you set conditions for effective virtual team work that gets things done.