'Many are stubborn with regard to the once-chosen path, few with regard to the goal' -Nietzsche
Author: antlerboy - Benjamin P Taylor
www.antlerboy.com * curator at www.syscoi.com * The Public Service Transformation Academy - Chief Executive - www.publicservicetransformation.org * RedQuadrant - public service network consultancy - www.redquadrant.com * SCiO - non-exec director - www.systemspractice.org * Quadrant Resourcing - excellent interim change people - www.quadrantresourcing.com I tweet at www.twitter.com/antlerboy Please connect to me at www.linkedin.com/in/antlerboy benjamin.taylor@redquadrant.com +44 (0)7931317230
One time in the North, there were three moose hunters. The Midjourney art didn’t go as well for this one… They hire one of those planes that lands on water, to take them out into the wilderness to go moose hunting. The plane drops them off and they say, “See you back this time on Friday.” … Continue reading Isn’t it sometimes like this?→
This was accidentally posted here due to me doing something wrong with the ‘press this’ bookmarklet in Chrome. Ho hum.
Leaving here for Arthur’s comments, but now reblogged at http://www.syscoi.com where it was intended to go originally, and where you can find Much More Like This!
Maturana and Varela defined an autopoietic system as a self-regenerating network of processes. We reinterpret and elaborate this conception starting from a process ontology and its formalization in terms of reaction networks and chemical organization theory. An autopoietic organization can be modelled as a network of “molecules” (components) undergoing reactions, which is (operationally) closed and self-maintaining. Such organizations, being attractors of a dynamic system, tend to self-organize—thus providing a model for the origin of life. However, in order to survive in a variable environment, they must also be resilient, i.e. able to recover from perturbations. According to the cybernetic law of requisite variety, this requires cognition, i.e. the ability to recognize and compensate perturbations. Such cognition becomes more effective as it learns to accurately anticipate perturbations by discovering invariant patterns in its interactions with the environment. Nevertheless, the resulting predictive model remains a subjective construction. Such…
How often do leadership, management, and development courses actually squash innovation — and even put people into a double bind? So often, organisations claim that they want ‘sparky’, ‘authentic’, ‘challenging’ people to ‘be empowered’ and ‘move up the hierarchy’. And, so often, when they send them on the training courses designed to empower that, they get ‘surprising’ … Continue reading “Be authentic!” “No, not like THAT!”→
See nicely formatted at https://www.getrevue.co/profile/antlerboy Still looking for a bid and operations coordinator for RedQuadrant - two years experience in relevant consultancy bid / UK public sector required. Seeking a bid and operations coordinator for RedQuadrantA second role currently available — a bid and operations coordinator to be at the heart of @RedQuadrant and help to shape … Continue reading Transduction – leading transformation – Issue #66→
And why is this important for business, management, innovation? Since accidentally adopting a street puppy just over a year ago, I’ve had plenty of time, and plenty of practice, at two things: Finding his poo, so I can pick it up like a good citizen. He squats in the leaves or the grass, I mark … Continue reading Can you find the dog poo in the leaves?→
A second role currently available — a bid and operations coordinator to be at the heart of @RedQuadrant and help to shape our business. £28–32k, remote, requires two years of public sector bid management experience (or direct equivalent). This is a coordinating role for someone who likes getting things in order, keeping things in order, and building … Continue reading Seeking a bid and operations coordinator for RedQuadrant→
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