“Three keys to leading emergent organizing” by Jim Hazy
Too often we feel that we are in control at a fine grain and local level, but too often in emergent contexts emergence it unfolding at a coarse grain and macro level in which we cannot control. Traditional leadership still may still apply but the context matters more. An important first move is fine-grained to empathize with followers: what are their needs? A theory is that, as humans develop we move from dependence, independence, to inter-dependence. Different leadership frameworks speak to these developmental needs. For example, charismatic leadership speaks to dependence needs. Transformational leadership speaks to independence needs, to support...