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Despite the following very sweet quote, please get ready to join me in hacking through the bullshit, and talking about how to pull off this “no blame” thing when somebody screws up… Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I will meet you there. — Rumi If you haven’t read part [...]


Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I will meet you there. — Rumi When I first ran across the Retrospective Prime Directive, I was excited. It gave me hope that there were folks who’d found a way to do business without relying on blame. In my experience, blame gets in [...]


People need unconditional love. I instantly recognized the truth of that idea when I ran across the work of Carl Rogers in college.  But that creates a dilemma for me. Either it’s actually possible to love unconditionally, or it’s not. If it’s not, then something is required for the full expression of humanity that we [...]