Joe Elmendorf
Mapmaker and Mirror
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Beyond the Moment: How Visual Artifacts Preserve Understanding
Have you ever left a meeting feeling aligned with everyone, only to discover later that you can’t reconstruct what you heard? The clarity that felt so palpable in the moment…
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Why Great Ideas Often Stay Trapped in Our Heads (And How to Get Them Out!)
Picture this: You’ve solved a tricky problem and someone asks, “How did you figure that out?” You launch into an explanation, eager to share your process. But as you speak,…
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Mindful Modeling: Balancing Context and Focus
My friend and co-facilitator of the Mindfulness and Modeling discussion group, Suzan Quick, recently shared an excerpt from Alan Watts’ lecture on “Seeing the Background” that has been sticking in…