Transduction – leading transformation – Issue #222

My weekly posts This essay on the ‘institutional immune system’ is one of the clearest descriptions I’ve read of a dynamic many of us in public service transformation spend our lives inside. This essay on the ‘institutional immune system’ captures a dynamic I recognise across public service transformation: institutions ask for innovation, prevention and systems thinking, … Continue reading Transduction – leading transformation – Issue #222 →

This essay on the ‘institutional immune system’ is one of the clearest descriptions I’ve read of a dynamic many of us in public service transformation spend our lives inside.

This essay on the ‘institutional immune system’ is one of the clearest descriptions I’ve read of a dynamic many of us in public service transformation spend our lives inside. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/antlerboy_earlier-this-week-james-plunkett-published-activity-7463161130266497024-C379 This essay on the ‘institutional immune system’ is one of the clearest descriptions I’ve read of a dynamic many of us in public service transformation … Continue reading This essay on the ‘institutional immune system’ is one of the clearest descriptions I’ve read of a dynamic many of us in public service transformation spend our lives inside. →

This is a really important piece of work from Alison Turner and colleagues at The Strategy Unit.

This is a really important piece of work from Alison Turner and colleagues at The Strategy Unit. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/antlerboy_failuredemand-valuedemand-nhs-activity-7463154305286615041-BbQk what if a large part of the public sector productivity crisis is actually the machine metabolising its own fragmentation? This is a really important piece of work from Alison Turner and colleagues at The Strategy Unit. What … Continue reading This is a really important piece of work from Alison Turner and colleagues at The Strategy Unit. →

Moving to community at the centre – and the challenge to commissioning

Moving to community at the centre – and the challenge to commissioning https://www.linkedin.com/posts/antlerboy_abcd-and-trauma-informed-neighbourhoods-activity-7463166494605205506-2_EO Every time I read something from those committed to and immersed in community development, like this from Mick Ward and Anthony Morrow, I’m deeply inspired: people live in neighbourhoods and relationships, not org charts, so that’s where we should start. (Then I get a little headspin … Continue reading Moving to community at the centre – and the challenge to commissioning →

Public services are still mostly managed as if they were Victorian machines with org charts attached.

Public services are still mostly managed as if they were Victorian machines with org charts attached. Join the conversation on LinkedIn. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/antlerboy_public-services-are-still-mostly-managed-share-7463129069073838080-cU_F?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAADUV_eUBZSxZvFpx70OV050F6K5HM2MhTMo Public services are still mostly managed as if they were Victorian machines with org charts attached. Parts of some services are like that. But we do all know that the overall reality is … Continue reading Public services are still mostly managed as if they were Victorian machines with org charts attached. →

Act now to join the next Commissioning Academy and learn to navigate complexity and shape systems

‘Most #commissioning training teaches you how to buy services. Very little teaches you how to reshape a system.’ We can help. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/antlerboy_commissioning-systemshchange-activity-7462398617065144320-WnsZ What barriers do you see in the way of shaping your systems for the better? ‘Most #commissioning training teaches you how to buy services. Very little teaches you how to reshape a system.’ We can help. That’s now the … Continue reading Act now to join the next Commissioning Academy and learn to navigate complexity and shape systems →

Transduction – leading transformation – Issue #221

My weekly posts Reading James Plunkett’s piece, I kept thinking about how strange it is that modern states still imagine they govern through decisions. Mostly they govern through reduction I’m struck by how modern states pretend to govern through decisions when they really govern through reduction. Reality is compressed as it moves from frontline encounters into … Continue reading Transduction – leading transformation – Issue #221 →

Reading James Plunkett’s piece, I kept thinking about how strange it is that modern states still imagine they govern through decisions. Mostly they govern through reduction

Reading James Plunkett‘s piece, I kept thinking about how strange it is that modern states still imagine they govern through decisions. Mostly they govern through reduction. Join the conversation on LinkedIn. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/antlerboy_the-centre-is-from-mars-the-edges-are-from-activity-7460354986712039424-lO28?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAACuq-oBecVFDW6PCf3lkoG-peMeuLBeoho Reading James Plunkett's piece, I kept thinking about how strange it is that modern states still imagine they govern through decisions. Mostly they govern through … Continue reading Reading James Plunkett’s piece, I kept thinking about how strange it is that modern states still imagine they govern through decisions. Mostly they govern through reduction →

The same structural bottleneck now appears almost everywhere: science, public services, consultancy, software, universities and politics

The same structural bottleneck now appears almost everywhere: science, public services, consultancy, software, universities and politics. As usual, the issue isn’t lack of intelligence or expertise. It’s that institutions lose the ability to assemble the right cognition across boundaries. Join the conversation on LinkedIn. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/antlerboy_i-just-published-a-new-essay-for-the-2026-activity-7460579178367750144-woPN?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAADUV_eUBZSxZvFpx70OV050F6K5HM2MhTMo But mature systems usually fail due to competence: they become … Continue reading The same structural bottleneck now appears almost everywhere: science, public services, consultancy, software, universities and politics →

Intertwingling with The Machinic

An admission. Lynne Wardle asked how much of my recent writing is actually me, and how much is ChatGPT. Join the conversation on LinkedIn. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/antlerboy_i-read-scott-odells-island-of-the-blue-activity-7460599789932548096-BFTs?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAACuq-oBecVFDW6PCf3lkoG-peMeuLBeoho An admission. Lynne Walley asked how much of my recent writing is actually me, and how much is ChatGPT. Honestly: more than I would've admitted a year ago. Maybe 75% me, 25% AI on … Continue reading Intertwingling with The Machinic →