All Episodes

#127: How to Make Invisible Thinking Visible

#126: How to Stop Misalignment Before It Starts

#125: Stop Holding Everything in Your Head

#124: How to Take Feedback Without Getting Defensive

#123: Think It Through: Why Smart Teams Still Don’t Work Together

#122: What Great Leaders Understand About Culture

#121: Why “I’m Trying” Is Often a Cop-Out

#120: You’re Already Thinking — Just Badly

#119: You’re Not Responsible for Everyone’s Feelings

#118: How to Think Clearly in a Crisis

#117: The Psychology of Motivation, Emotion, and Thought

#116: Why Better Thinking Makes You a Better Person

#115: How to Learn When Words Don’t Work for You

Episode #114: How to Raise Better Thinkers

#113: Why Nothing in Your Life Is Changing

#112: Think It Through: How to Break Big Changes Into Manageable Parts

#111: Stress Is a Systems Problem (Not Just an Emotional One)

#110: How to Train Your Brain to Think Systemically

#109: Think It Through: When Reality Isn’t What You Want It to Be

#108: Stop Believing Frameworks That Haven’t Been Tested

#107: Love Is a Behavior, Not a Feeling

#106: Passive-Aggression Isn’t Passive—It’s Just Dishonest

#105: Think It Through: Helping Others See What They’re Missing

#104: It’s Not Too Much Information—It’s Too Little Organization

#103: Think It Through: When You Know What to Do—but Don’t Do It

#102: Mental Fitness Explained: Why Intelligence Is More Than IQ

#101: Think It Through: The Negative Inner Voice That’s Holding You Back

#100: The Top 10 Systems Thinking Lessons from 100 Episodes

Episode #99: How to Reflect the Right Way Using Systems Thinking

#98: Think It Through: Why Having the “Perfect Holiday” Is the Fastest Way to Ruin It

#97: What Can Systems Thinkers Do That Others Can’t?

#96: Think It Through: The Hidden Cost of Always Doing What You’re Told

#95: Think It Through: Teaching Your Kids to Love Reality

#94: Fast. Right. Adaptive. The Power of Practicing Is/Is Not List

#93: O-Based Education: How to Build Smarter, Freer, More Adaptive Humans

#92: Think It Through: The Feedback You Don’t Want Is the Feedback You Need

#91: From Deming to Donella: Rating the Top Systems Thinking Quotes

#90: Think it Through: Stop Arguing Perspectives, Start Solving Systems

#89: Think It Through: Boundaries, Guilt, and Getting Your Time Back

#88: Think It Through: Parenting, Culture, and Mental Models

#87: Snake Oil, Swamps, and Systems Thinking

#86: Teach Your Kids to Think: The Most Important Parenting Skill

#85: Love, Marriage, and Mental Models: Systems Thinking in Relationships

#84: Why Our Schools are Failing (And How to Fix Them with Systems Thinking)

#83: The Science of Thinking Fast, Right, and On Purpose

#82: Discipline, Ownership, and Doing It Right (Even When No One’s Watching)

#81: Systems Thinking for Character, Capacity, and Culture

#80: The Culture Code Continued—Hard Truths That Build Strong People

#79: The Culture Code: What We Practice, Why It Works

Episode #78: Systems Thinking IRL - Parenting in a Processed World

#77: Why the World Needs 8 Billion Systems Thinkers (Above the Standard)

#76: Why You Keep Attracting the Same People, Jobs, and Problems

#74: The 12 Gets: Simple, Scientific Rules for a Life That Works

#73: Earn Your Own Trust—The Real Power of Integrity

#72: How High Performers Really Manage Their Time, Energy & Minds

#71: Think Better, Live Better—Why Systems Thinking Isn’t Just for Work

#69: Overthinking, Adaptability, and the Fast-and-Right Mindset

#68: The Grammar of Reality

#67: The Beginner’s Guide to Systems Thinking (In Under 20 Minutes)

#66: There's Nothing More Practical Than a Good Theory

#64: Stop Taking It Personally—Why Meaning Gets Lost in Translation

#63: The Simple Formula Behind Every Thought

#62: Echo Chambers, Fake News, and the Collapse of Credibility

#61: From Outward Bound to AI—Lessons in Raising Thinkers, Not Robots

#60: Beyond the Couch: DSRP Therapy for a New Mental Model

#58: Stop Solving Problems—Start Understanding Systems

#57: Connect the Dots—Why Root Cause Thinking Isn’t Enough

#56: The Whole Is NOT Greater Than Its Parts (Here’s Why)

#55: Don’t Trust, Verify—How to Separate Your Thoughts from Your Feelings

#53: The Emperor Has No Clothes: Exposing the Truth About Systems Thinking

#52: Critical Thinking is Biased Thinking

#51: The #1 Indicator of Real Intelligence (It’s Not What You Expect)

#50: Slapping “Systems” on It Doesn’t work—How to Think Systemically for Real

#48: The Ultimate Playbook for Building a Winning Culture

#47: How to Build an Adaptive Learning Organization That Thinks and Grows

Episode #46: Capacity is King: Build Systems That Actually Work

#45: Why Most Mission Statements Fail (And How to Do Yours Right)

#43: Why Your Organization’s Vision Sucks (and How to Fix It)

#42: Systems Leadership: The Secret to Thriving Organizations

#41: Start the New Year Like a Systems Thinker

Episode #40: A Systems Thinker's Guide to a 'Perfect' Holiday

#39: Stop Guessing: The Secret to Measuring and Improving Your Thinking

#38: The 8 Biggest Mistakes In Systems Thinking

#37: Rethinking Network Theory with DSRP

Episode #36: Getting Started in Systems Thinking: Become A Better Thinker in Less Than 1 Minute

#35: Reclaiming Learning: Breaking Free from the Education System

#34: Hearing Beyond Words: Uncovering the Hidden Structure in Everyday Conversations

#33: Unlock Peak Performance: 5 Daily Moves to Become More Adaptive

#32: Kick the Bucket

#31: Context is Lazy

#30: All About View-Point Perspectives

#29: All About Action-Reaction Relationships

#28: All About Part-Whole Systems

#27: All About Identity-Other Distinctions

#26: Lessons from the Mountains

#25: The Path to Bueno

#24: Avoid the Norm

#23: Do You Know What It Feels Like To Be Wrong?

#22: The Inner Battle of Masking

#21: Navigating the Paradox of Life

#20: Break Your Habits and Dig Deeper

#19: Coke vs Pepsi, the Two Party System, and Forced Choices

#18: Relationships Sponsored By The Number 3

#17: Are You In Charge Of Your Feelings?

#16: Your Phone Is Using You

#15: July 4th Special: A More Perfect Union

#14: Neurodiversity: Disorder or Difference?

#13: How Do We Know What Is Real?

#12: The Myth(?) of Work/Life Balance

#11: Grit, Resilience, and Antifragility

#10: Mindsets, Ethics, and Lichens, Oh My!

#9: Thinking Critically About Critical Thinking

#8: The War on Goop

#7: Overthinking: It's NOT a Thing

#6: Heal Your Self: How to get over something you can’t get over

#5: Rethinking Education

#4: Practice Makes Progress

#3: Is TQ The New IQ?

#2: Love Reality

#1: You Don't Have Time Not To Think!