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Can you please tell me more?

by Lon L. Swartzentruber
on November 25, 2025

Can you please tell me more? Six very simple words. When spoken from a posture of curiosity, these words open up unlimited possibilities of understanding another human. We live in a very polarized ...

October 07, 2025 • 3 min read

Thinking and Acting Strategically – What are your underlying strategic theories?

By Lon L. Swartzentruber

January 02, 2024 • 5 min read

Stillness: an upside-down New Year’s resolution

By Lon L. Swartzentruber

Can you please tell me more?

Your creativity matters

Why letting go can be more difficult than you expect

What bunnies teach us about transformation

The ladder is not really a ladder

Why culture kills a strategic plan before it even has a chance to start

How multi-scenario planning is helpful in disruptive times

Caught in the obstacle rather than the opportunity it provides

A new visual metaphor to understand organizational culture

Why WHO matters (more than we know)

An Expanding Horizon

When clarity becomes illusive

Pause at the top

Illusion of Control

The Heartbeat of Those Around You

The massiveness of one’s unknown unknown

Hurdles

Reimagining the Future

Seeing through the visible

Being willing to do the hard thing you don’t want to do

Making Wise Decisions

How do you drive for results?

Special Invitation: Resting Retreat for Leaders

Thinking and Acting Strategically – What are your underlying strategic theories?

Stillness: an upside-down New Year’s resolution