System thinkers caution us to 𝐛𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐮𝐩 𝐨𝐫 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦 - be that on a team or org level. Today's organisations are over-heated and adrenalised by uncertainty; and burning platforms are only fanning the flames.

One of the most powerful ‘tipping point’ moments for my coaching clients is when they pause and ask themselves: “𝑨𝒕 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒉 𝒑𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒕 𝒂𝒎 𝑰 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒃𝒍𝒆𝒎 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆?”

"𝘔𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦 𝘐'𝘮 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵 '𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘰𝘴𝘢𝘶𝘳 𝘊𝘌𝘖𝘴' 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘥𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘫𝘰𝘣. 𝘐'𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘰 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝑵𝒐𝒘, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 '𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒏'𝒕 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝑨𝑰, 𝒐𝒍𝒅 𝒎𝒂𝒏! 𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒂 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒅𝒐 - 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒃𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒚, 𝑰'𝒎 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒈𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒖𝒔𝒉 𝒊𝒕 𝒖𝒑 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒚 𝒃𝒐𝒔𝒔, 𝑰'𝒎 𝒈𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒎𝒚𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇.'“

The other day, a friend was sharing how a powerful shift she recently made was to decide to 𝒆𝒙𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕. It proved to be transformational for many of her relationships.

"Oh no!," was researchers' first reaction when the results of the first real-world experiment on AI's impact on teams' performance (with a focus on problem-solving) rolled in.