Quietly Courageous

the current

The claim, however, is based on my experience of hearing leaders describe the new and creative things that they are doing while simultaneously observing how closely the new and creative things are actually defined by and constrained by current approved institutional practices.

The critical distinction made by Heifetz between technical work and adaptive work set the stage.

O God, whose mercy is ever faithful and ever sure, who art our refuge and our strength in time of trouble, visit us, we beseech thee—for we are a people in trouble. We need a hope that is made wise by experience and is undaunted by disappointment. We need an anxiety about the future that shows us new ways to look at new things but does not unnerve

There are times—epochs, ages, cultural moments—when a convergence of unique conditions creates an environment that births and sustains flourishing growth that is uniquely tied to that moment but that cannot continue beyond the

making incremental improvements to what no longer works well.

and behaving.

Leaders commonly talk about making significant changes and cutting new territory but in fact are simply

Organized religion attracts a continuously shrinking percentage of each successive generation since World War II. Ours is not a turnaround situation, and we have little that we can return to.