The Coordination Gap: Transitioning from Personal Performance to Systemic Flow
This is Week 3 in a 12 Week Series on Systems-based Leadership. In the early years of my tenure as Founder and Executive Director, I occupied a paradoxical space: I … Continue reading
The Legibility Gap: Why Systems Ignore Transformative Success
This is Week 2 in a 12 Week Series on Systems-based Leadership. Many leaders often operate under the delusion that evaluation systems are neutral mirrors reflecting organizational health. In my … Continue reading
The Architecture of Inevitability: What Running the Whole System Taught Me
Week 1 of a 12-Week LeadershipSeries on Systems, Production, Power, and Results Years ago, I sat in the back of a room during “Portfolio Day.” To an outside observer, the … Continue reading
Trump Made Me Do It
Entrepreneurship is often wrapped in mythology: go all in, risk everything, push forward without pause. But growth rarely works that way. To scale is to slow down. Recalibration requires space—time … Continue reading
Organizational Power and Individual Identity
Hierarchical systems, by design, create distinctions between those in positions of power and those who are subject to it. While they help organize roles and responsibilities, hierarchies can also unintentionally … Continue reading
Being a Collaborator
Lately, I have been pondering on how I am both a competitor and a collaborator. In a strange and unrelated way, a post from LinkedIn helped me to clarify my … Continue reading
Upright and Ready to Fly
Originally posted on Medium in response to an article on neurodivergence. **** This explains my relationship with my heart coach. Why my work with her was so refreshing… endearing. And … Continue reading
Angie, Angela or Dr. Dye
There is so much in a name. Well, at least for me there is. Going back to when I was in high school, I told a teacher she didn’t have … Continue reading
Social Power
Over the past twenty years, I’ve developed two theoretical obsessions: the first –personality theory; and the second– the theory of social power. While both come together to help me understand … Continue reading
Pragmatic Progressivism: Bridging the Gap for Equitable Education
This post was originally published on EduMatch.com’s blog. **** Gloria Ladson-Billings, by the research and framing of culturally relevant teaching (CRT), offers educators a rigorous (and reasonable) construct for “good … Continue reading
Empowerment Starts Here 