Jennifer Charleston Mursalu
Dr. Jennifer Charleston Mursaloglu, PhD, PMP — Founder & Principal of REL Strategies; evaluation and strategy consultant specializing in heart-centered leadership and program evaluation for nonprofit, education, and public sector organizations.
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Jun 22, 2026
TaQuon GilbertMODERATOR
In your experience, what happens when organizations or leaders move too quickly without pausing to reflect?
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In my experience, I've seen organizations become trapped in what I call cycles of reaction.
3:09
Something happens, so we implement a solution quickly, right? And that solution creates another issue, which requires another quick solution.
3:19
And before long, people are exhausted and no one remembers what they're actually trying to accomplish.
3:25
So without reflection, organizations often solve symptoms rather than root causes of problems.
3:33
And what I've seen is that when this occurs, burnout happens, communication breakdowns happen, constant urgency, the need to constantly do, do, go, go, go, not rest, not pause.
TaQuon GilbertMODERATOR
What does that look like in practice, especially within high-pressure environments?