Collaborative BalloonsI and the Community
"Life is change. Growth is optional. Choose wisely." ~ Karen Kaiser Clark
"Any company trying to compete must figure out a way to engage the mind of every employee. A company's greatest asset is its employees.”~ General Electric CEO, Jack Welch
Seven Balloons of LeadershipLeaders need to make the right decisions, be open to new opportunities & ideas, respond effectively to change, prepare for it, & create.All to operate as an elite unit.
*Speed *Surprise *Confidence *Concentration *Team Work *Assertive *Attitude *Empathy
* Transform management systems    * Lower cost with increased productivity
John Dewey observed "A   problem   well   put   is   half-solved."
A concept is to be reduced to a singular essence.
EGOSquish OthersPowerGreed
EgoPower Over Others
.egoPower WITH Others*Boundaries*Balance*Shared Responsibility
“Look for the good and praise it.”~ Unknown
Orwellian MetaphorGeorge Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four.Orwell depicted a harrowing totalitarian society, that watches its citizens obsessively and demands strict discipline.The focus is on the harms, inhibition and control.
Kafkaesque Metaphor Franz Kafka's The Trial.          Centers around a man who is arrested but not informed why and is unable to learn much more. The focus is on the harms, a bureaucracy that uses people and makes important decisions about them, yet denies the people the ability to participate.
Literary MetaphorGeorge Orwell~1984Obsessively demands strict disciplineHarms as inhibition and social controlFranz Kafka ~ The TrialSuffocating powerlessness & vulnerability created by the  systemHarms are bureaucratic ones—indifference, error, abuse, frustration, & lack of transparency & accountability
“The best training any parent can give a child is to train the child to train himself.”~ Unknown
ComplicationsInformation ProcessingAffects Power in Relationships between People & the Institutions Creates a Sense of Helplessness, Frustration & Powerlessness
Solutions FocusAffect Social Structure by Altering the relationships people have with the institutions that make decisions about their lives.Orwellian Metaphor—those of surveillance—and aren't adequately addressing the Kafkaesque Metaphor—those of information processing.
Recognize the ProblemsExistenceAcknowledge the ProblemsDisclosureShared ResonanceSlow Accretion of a Series of ActsRight to FLY!
“Whatever You Can Door Dream You Can, Begin It.—  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Collaborative Balloons!

Collaborative Balloons!