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Beware: Systems have Delays
Today’s Strategic Alignment Journal post in two sentences: We often expect system changes to produce visible results quickly, and when they do not, we can mistake delay for failure and intervene again too soon. The better response is not simply to wait, but to look for early signals that the conditions for the intended outcome…
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When Our Expectations Become Someone Else’s Ceiling
Today’s Strategic Alignment Journal post in two sentences: What we assume people can do influences the opportunities we give them. Sometimes, the limits we see are the ones our own expectations have helped create. Walt Hunter was worried about his students. After nearly two decades of teaching, stories about declining reading habits, his own difficulty…

