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To be wayward: a new look at organizational leadership

Being free to question
Being inclined to resist controls
Being in opposition to ritual
Being anti-fragile

Being free to question
Being inclined to resist controls
Being in opposition to ritual
Being anti-fragile

A basic introduction

Hello, my name is Carl Lee Tolbert. I am a senior application engineer at Malloy Electric in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. I live with my wife, Jill, and a brilliant cat, Wendy, in the middle of Sioux Falls, blocks from two universities and the city center. In 2022, I completed my Doctorate in organizational leadership at Columbia International University in Columbia, SC. My research was on industrial distribution regarding complex systems and memetic culture. Put another way, interpretive uncertainty, and imitative behavior within a cloistered domain. I am pursuing two independent research branches, where the first is machine interpretation of group behavior, and the second is independent qualitative methods focusing on social media via real-time ethnography.

What's with the les misérables outfit?

Every year, my wife and I create a grand spectacle of a Christmas card. In 2022, the card was a “Bourguise Christmas in Canton.” The pictures were so well done; this one stuck as it illustrates/depicts that I am a pensive skeptic regarding the multi-billion dollar leadership business and the consultants that change catch-formulas at a four-year cadence.

I sometimes feel like the commander of the wayward leaders being part of Munchausen’s new adventures riding cannonballs and being absurd. From 1785: “This is a satirical production calculated to throw ridicule on the bold assertions of some parliamentary declaimers. If rant may be best foiled at its own weapons, the author’s design is not ill-founded; for the marvelous has never been carried to a more whimsical and ludicrous extent.”

The tattoo on my left hand

It is a dedication: There were 12 of us at the start, and now only two remain. I miss my friends, the unbridled patriotism, the love of family, and the plans to take over the world. Late at night, with the cool air rolling like fog off autumn waters, we created myths and became legends restless over the possibility of freedom and powered by unrelenting loyalty. We were invincible. Every day in America, 22 veterans commit suicide—never forget that the wars still rage even at peace.

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Wayward Leaders®

To be wayward: a new look at organizational leadership

To be wayward: a new look at organizational leadership

The greatest leadership memes start as nonsense that sounds wise

The rally point

A basic introduction

What's with the les misérables outfit?

The tattoo on my left hand

Associations & Resources

To be wayward: a new look at organizational leadership

To be wayward: a new look at organizational leadership

The greatest leadership memes start as nonsense that sounds wise

The rally point

A basic introduction

What's with the les misérables outfit?

The tattoo on my left hand

Associations & Resources

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