Quantum mechanics (QM) is a set of scientific principles describing the known behavior of energy and matter that predominate at the atomic scale. QM gets its name from the notion of quantum, and the quantum value is the Planck constant. The wave–particle duality of energy and matter at the atomic scale provides a unified view of the behavior of particles such as photons and electrons. While the notion of the photon as a quantum of light energy is commonly understood as a particle of light that has an energy value governed by the Planck constant, what is quantized for an electron is the angular momentum it can have as it is bound in an atomic orbital.
So what does this have to do with Leadership? Quantum Physics has been popular for a few years now as a concept to understand and develop principals of leadership. It first came to me through a discussion of David Bohm’s principles discussed in the book Synchronicity: The Inner Path of Leadership, by Joseph Jaworski. We have looked to science for decades to inform and define our need for clarity in principle, ideal and control. It takes some effort to relate it to interpersonal relationships. But as in quantum mechanics when observed particles have the known ability to change their behavior. It is also true people change their behavior and very demeaner form a group setting to a one on one setting.We can use this to our advantage, in eiither case by documenting the behaviors we observe and referring to them in each scenario. I personally kept a dossier on everyone I dealt with regularly and up reviewthem, when ever possibile prior to an encounter. If not I made mental notes and updated the information at the first opportunity.