Change Signal How to Find the Next Wise Move: David Lancefield
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Mar 13, 2026 
David Lancefield, strategist and leadership advisor who coaches CEOs on systems leadership. He explores why all leaders must think in systems. He outlines five concentric systems to map blockers and unseen forces. He urges noticing complicity, listening for what’s missing, and choosing small, catalytic next moves that shift larger patterns.
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Start With Your Inner System
- Start with your inner system: mindset, energy, identity, and mental models before trying to shift external systems.
- David Lancefield recommends practices like meditation and stopping spirals so inner clarity enables outer leverage.
Choose What To Share With Your Team
- Be intentional about sharing with your relational system: ask whether an issue is truly relevant to your team before airing it.
- David Lancefield warns against projecting anxiety and advises clarity about what you want others to do with the information.
Organizations Send Conflicting Signals
- Organizational systems send signals via structure, culture, incentives, and public stances that can contradict each other.
- David Lancefield highlights that people often wait for others higher up, but that can hide where modest influence and expertise could matter.
