E12: Lesley Diaz
From Evolving Enterprises: Stories of Growth Transformation by Martin Parr
July 22, 2025 · 26 min · Season 2 · Episode 12
About this episode
Martin talks with Lesley Diaz about navigating complexities in organizations through collaborative governance and polarity intelligence.
In this episode Martin talks with Lesley Diaz, founder and principal consultant at Collaborance, about navigating people and power complexities through collaborative governance and polarity intelligence. Lesley shares her systems thinking journey, from early work in the Australian mining industry to teaching in the USA. Lesley explains how she helps organizations find a balance. This balance could be between hierarchical approaches and flatter models. Drawing from Lesley’s experience and infl...
People in this episode
Host: Martin Parr
Guest: Lesley Diaz
Topics covered
- collaborative governance
- polarity intelligence
- systems thinking
- organizational balance
- hierarchical approaches
- flatter models
Keywords
- collaborative governance
- polarity intelligence
- systems thinking
- organizational balance
- hierarchical approaches
- flatter models
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Collaborance
Places: Australia, USA
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