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Team Leader as Beach Lifeguard, Protecting Spaces for Change Work and Regular Work
Team Leader as Beach Lifeguard, Protecting Spaces for Change Work and Regular Work

In my last article, I told the story of a surfer whose ride on a wave was rudely interrupted by a swimmer in his path. From her perspective, the swimmer felt the same way. Of course. Yikes all around.

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Hunter GatewoodJuly 7, 2021
A Near Miss for Surfer and Swimmer: Clarity and Conflict in the Work Waves
A Near Miss for Surfer and Swimmer: Clarity and Conflict in the Work Waves

One sunny Saturday in April, I was sitting on my favorite San Diego beach reading a book when my husband Daniel walked up, sputtering water and adrenaline and indig- nation.

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Hunter GatewoodJune 21, 2021
Inside Voice: Change-Making Inside your Organization
Inside Voice: Change-Making Inside your Organization

It was the early 2000s. I was a young social worker at the psychiatric rehab facility on the campus of San Francisco General Hospital. We were charged with de-institutionalizing hundreds of people with serious and persistent mental illness.

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Hunter GatewoodJuly 27, 2020
Show up and show out for your organization’s values: Advocacy and inquiry
Show up and show out for your organization’s values: Advocacy and inquiry

2020 is a wild time to be alive. I’m thinking about how leaders in organizations can act on the emerging opportunities to create a more equitable world.

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Hunter GatewoodJune 29, 2020
Trust the process: Quality improvement as a source of stability and adaptive strength
Trust the process: Quality improvement as a source of stability and adaptive strength

On the Zoom call, Irene asks, “How do we do quality improvement in a crisis situation? What does that look like?” There were nods and thumbs-ups from the five awkwardly-lit faces in their separate little video cubes.

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Hunter GatewoodMay 14, 2020
Team as anchor, for para-annoyed bouncy ball minds
Team as anchor, for para-annoyed bouncy ball minds

In our work-from-home isolation, my husband and I have been making up words.

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Hunter GatewoodApril 17, 2020
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