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Insights, tips, and lessons learned transforming complex systems.

Tackle two transformations at once

When we sign up for enterprise transformation projects, we might find ourselves guiding more than one large-scale change. Our short-term focus is usually on improving

How anyone can start a movement

Note: Every month we post an article inspired by a book on the RT reading list, with takeaways plus tips for applying the ideas in our daily

Is your innovation approach missing something?

Your organization likely already has a system for identifying changes you could make, prioritizing the list, and bringing ideas to life. Is it a complete

Enhance organizational wealth with your Betterness Portfolio

This series on implementing a betterness portfolio was all about ways your business could benefit society while staying financially sustainable. The different forms of societal

Advance intellectual wealth with your Betterness Portfolio

Building a betterness portfolio means expanding our view of what a return on investment looks like. When we talked about fostering human wealth, we noted

What Guinness and Gatorade can teach us about portfolio management

Note: Every month we post an article inspired by a book on the RT reading list, with takeaways plus tips for applying the ideas in our

Create emotional wealth with your Betterness Portfolio

Over the past two months, we’ve been talking about ways to create different types of wealth with your enterprise betterness portfolio. And not all are tangible

Cultivate social wealth with your Betterness Portfolio

New online and offline networks are forming every day. Yet people of all ages feel lonelier. Businesses and technology can influence how communities form and interact.

Foster human wealth with your Betterness Portfolio

About 2/3 of U.S. workers aren’t engaged at work. 87% of people worldwide. That’s a huge and troubling number. With big problems to solve and

Protect the environment with your Betterness Portfolio

There’s one supplier that all businesses have in common. It may not be one of your direct suppliers. But it definitely provides the inputs to

Build financial wealth with your Betterness Portfolio

When most people hear the word portfolio, they think about a portfolio of stocks and bonds that delivers a financial return to the owner. They

Implementing a Betterness Portfolio

There have been a lot of stories lately about the influence of businesses on how we act, think, and feel. Inspiring narratives about organizations creating