The Practitioner's "Why" is More Important Than their Practice
I recently attended an invitational, farmers-only discussion on organic practices. Ten farmers in the room represented farms from 32 to...
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rjerisman
Feb 17, 20233 min read
Transformational Leadership Lessons Inside My Octopus Teacher
If you haven’t seen this documentary, watch it. If you have, read this post–then watch it again. Craig Foster, a documentary filmmaker,...
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rjerisman
Jan 12, 20232 min read
Six Leadership Rules for Complex Systems from Regenerative Agriculture. (Short Version)
A lot of traditional leadership advice focuses on helping the leader drive change. That works in hierarchical organizations or systems...
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rjerisman
Jan 19, 20224 min read
Peer Support - Learning from The Odd Couple
It’s lonely at the top. Depending on your organization’s structure and culture, it’s often lonely in the middle. If you run your own...
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rjerisman
Jan 7, 20222 min read
Chipping Away at How I Really Learn
I often spend a few days in a “woodshop retreat” between Christmas and New Years. I do respectable “square” work, but I’ve wanted to...
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rjerisman
Dec 9, 20212 min read
When does YOUR new year start?
I’ve lost count of how many people have used the word “hectic” in conversation lately. The corporate world is working (or working you)...
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rjerisman
Oct 29, 20214 min read
The Power of You -Unplugged
How Ditching Digital Devices Made Me Happier and More Productive All Day. Not long after launching my consulting business, my girlfriend...
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rjerisman
Oct 21, 20213 min read
How do you Set the Conditions for change?
Good Leaders can drive change. Great leaders set the conditions for the changes that are needed to happen. Think of it is as a kind of...
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rjerisman
Oct 15, 20211 min read
"Empathy is the Most Important Leadership Skill according to research."
That's the headline of a recent Forbes article. In my ten years as an active-duty Marine infantry officer, empathy was not my strong...
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rjerisman
Oct 6, 20211 min read
Gain By Subtraction–What do you need to Let Go to Grow?
Often, the path to growth isn't taking on something else, but letting go of ways of thinking and being that are holding us back.
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rjerisman
Oct 1, 20211 min read
What's your Energy Returned on your Energy Invested?
Asking generative questions leads us to shifting what we observe and how we think. You can't answer this one easily "on paper." You have...
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