(I027) C is the Open Ensō

What if leadership isn’t about control, closure, or constant output—but about creating space for insight?

That’s the question I found myself asking during a recent ice storm that took out the power for days. With no Wi-Fi, no meetings, and no distractions, I was left with time. Time to pause. Time to listen. And, unexpectedly, time to refine the finishing touches on the Human Impact Kata: Managers’ Impact course.

At first, I resisted the stillness. Like many of the leaders I work with, I’m used to moving things forward. But in that pause, something shifted. I began to see things I hadn’t noticed before—patterns, connections, themes I had been too busy to see. And one of them was this: So many of the qualities I had built into the course began with the same letter: C. Read More…