This is the first of five posts that describes the five systems at work in your faith-based or private school. […]

Steve Jobs said a person can only hold 3 ideas in their mind at the same time. A few people […]

“Quintelemental” (or “Pentelemental”) is an adjective.  To effectively describe the need for five elements within every system, a noun is […]

“The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their right names” – Chinese proverb Since new knowledge requires new […]

In the spirit of “pentelemental” systems thinking – that is, any successful system has to have at least five elements […]

It seems that everyone has a “system” these days. From Stephen R. Covey’s “7 Habits of Highly Effective People” to […]

A recent LinkedIn article compared the similarity between Learning and Change as well as link between the business side and […]

Last month, I mentioned how Sr. Gertrude Foley and I were discussing the leadership qualities of Pope Francis. The one […]

One of my favorite people to have lunch with is Sr. Gertrude Foley, a former President of the Sisters of […]

I found an article some time ago on LinkedIn, authored by Joel Peterson, the Chairman of JetBlue Airways.  While it provides excellent […]