I use sailing lingo to illustrate ideas and employ the actual sailing vessel as an organization simulator directly in the service of powerfully applied learning. I don't do the public speaking circuit any more. So, these days, I work exclusively with top executives who want to learn instead of opting for uninvolved listening. I spend my time and energy doing what it takes to help my clients fully integrate great ideas, concepts and truths into daily practice. Thus, they are ideas about possessing something, which actually flies in the face of service and quality.
True ownership is far more than and expansion of self-interests.
Crew Members of the Sailing Vessel find themselves naturally at the mercy of the rest of their shipmates. To them, systems define different functions, departments and divisions. Living Systems is about how all systems interact and integrate themselves into larger systems. So, each living thing is a system integrated into a larger system, which is integrated into an even larger system or environment. Crew Members of the Sailing Vessel are constantly aware of simultaneously interacting environments.