Kathy Coffey Solberg is a community weaver who also literally weaves fabric — and she couldn't unsee the parallel. A floor loom, with hundreds of threads running through tiny metal pieces, looks exactly like the systems we navigate at work every day. That insight became her first book, "Reweaving What Matters: Practical Tools for Workplace Transformation." In this conversation, Kathy shares her Penelope Principle, inspired by the weaver in Homer's Odyssey who wove by day and unwove by night as an act of agency. She explains the six-step practice at the heart of her Unweaving-Reweaving framework: Notice, Clarify, Act then Envision, Structure, Weave. We also talk about why tension belongs in a healthy workplace, the difference between belonging and mattering, and why this book is about the messy middle of change rather than the tidy "after." This one is for anyone who has tried to change something at work, watched it not work, and has just a little energy left to try again.

CHAPTERS 00:00 Welcome + introducing Kathy Coffey Solberg 01:22 Why a book about the workplace, told through weaving 03:23 How Kathy became a weaver 04:35 The Penelope Principle and the Odyssey 07:44 An award for best use of mythology 09:09 The courage it took to trust her own voice 12:38 "This is the way we've always done it" — and the question that unlocks it 15:46 Reweaving doesn't mean starting over 17:43 A rug, a twill pattern, and 70-year-old infrastructure 22:08 Notice, clarify, act — an iterative practice 23:28 Mattering, and what "reweaving what matters" means 27:30 The Whole You at Work 31:06 Community weaving, and why tension is a teacher 36:23 Who this book is for 39:00 The messy middle of transformation 41:08 The 52+ free worksheets - connect to your heart 44:30 What Kathy most wants readers to know 47:37 Where to find Kathy - she really wants to hear from you ABOUT THE BOOK "Reweaving What Matters: Practical Tools for Workplace Transformation" by Kathy Coffey Solberg. Foreword by Bob Stilger. Published by Creative Courage Press. Please ask your local library and your independent bookseller to order the book — it makes a real difference for small presses. And if it resonates, leave a review. FREE WORKSHEETS Over 52 downloadable worksheets — personal, workplace, and community versions — at https://KathySolberg.com/resources CONNECT WITH KATHY Website: https://KathySolberg.com ABOUT CREATIVE COURAGE LIVE Conversations about creating more courage for the complexity of being human, hosted by Shelly Francis, founder of Creative Courage Press. https://creativecouragepress.com and https://creativecouragepress.substack... #WorkplaceCulture #SystemsThinking #Leadership #OrganizationalChange #CreativeCourage