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This Human by Melis Senova

🫛 How green is your leadership thumb?

Published about 1 year ago • 1 min read

"Living systems
don't need micromanagement. They need tending."

We often think leadership is about driving outcomes or steering the ship. But what if it’s more like tending a garden?

In this week's article, Melis offers a fresh take; leadership as ecology. Instead of pushing harder, it’s about creating the right conditions for growth.
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Like in nature, thriving doesn’t come from control, but from care, timing, and attention to what’s needed. When leaders focus on the work environment, not just the output, people flourish.

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Creativity returns.

Trust grows.

Good things happen.

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This isn’t soft, it’s smart. It’s a call to lead more like nature does: with patience, presence, and a deep respect for the systems in which be all exist and belong.

Latest article

✍️ The Ecology of Leadership (from control to conditions)

Latest Podcast

🎙️ Episode 4 of The Smoosh Podcast​
Title: Sparky Sparky Boom Boom

What's happening with Melis

Reading: ​
​The Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu

Listening to:
​A Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry

Doing:
​NOT the crochet squares! They need a rest. She's knitting a scarf instead. Winter is coming...

Pondering:

The 2027 AI report (https://ai-2027.com) and pondering what our response should be as heart-centred, values-drive designers and leaders.

What's happening with Ben

Reading: ​
​Training from the Back of the Room by Sharon L. Bowman

Listening to:
​Worklife podcast with Adam Grant

Doing:
​A LOT of workshop facilitation.

Pondering:
​Why he hates the term 'soft skills' so much! There's an article brewing about this topic. Stay tuned...

An invitation: consider where in your life you can move more between control and surrender. Maybe even dance with it. Shimmy shimmy...

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