You Have to See It to Improve It

About this episode

Derek Hudson discusses the importance of stepping back to improve systems and how challenges can become meaningful quests.

Leaders cannot improve a system while they are inside it. You have to step out to see it, and you have to see it to improve it. Drawing from backpacking, missionary service, church leadership, and business experience, Derek shows why hard things become meaningful when they are part of a quest. The invitation is simple: step back, get guidance, use a clear framework, and learn to see what is really going on. Derek is at Unconstrained Full show notes on the Essential Dynamics wiki .

People in this episode

Host: Derek Hudson

Topics covered

• leadership
• system improvement
• personal growth
• business experience
• quest

Keywords

• leadership
• system improvement
• backpacking
• missionary service
• business

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