What else have you noticed that degrades over time? What are the organisational equivalents of these theories? Tomato inflation When I was a kid, the tomatoes from Derek, our local greengrocer, were *proper tasty*. Juicy and full of flavour. In those days, you could confidently buy a tomato in any shop, and it tasted of … Continue reading Here is my theory of tomato inflation and latte carcinisation →

SUBSCRIBE DIRECT AT https://www.getrevue.co/profile/antlerboy Evidently I missed publishing this last week and left it in drafts (it is just a mirror of the getreveue newsletter anyway) - nevertheless, here it is. Published on LinkedIn, GetRevue and substack, this is my weekly roundup of things I’ve shared in the last week - and I’ve dropped back … Continue reading Transduction – leading transformation – Issue #28 →

I joined LinkedIn way back in April 2007, thanks to a colleague who came back from a course at the Harvard Kennedy School and told me that everyone in the US was on it. Around that period, and particularly from 2009 onwards, it was a good way to tell which public service clients were doing … Continue reading My top LinkedIn posts (you won’t BELIEVE number 77!) 😉 →

What tools, approaches, perspectives do you reach for when you have to review an organisation, service, team, or department? Here's my 'go to' list when I am asked to look at a whole 'service', usually in public services. This is a sketch of methods and views we use to try to get a rounded view … Continue reading An outline approach to organisation or service review →

My view is that the least British thing of all to do is to fly the flag, outside of very special ceremonies and very limited occasions. In the ‘Cool Britannia’ era, ‘progressives’ like me began to feel it was ‘safe’ — and maybe a good thing — to embrace a bit of patriotism. This was perhaps not unconnected to … Continue reading What do you think when you see someone flying this flag? →

Every Monday and Wednesday I do a LinkedIn post that I put some special effort into. I’ve been doing this religiously for some time and (including a few ‘normal’ posts that got a bit of traction, I’ve now done 176 such posts. The last few have had really good ‘viewing figures’: 34,875 Will you come … Continue reading How to hack LinkedIn →

Will you come to a conference that doesn't have all the answers? Requisite Agility Unleashed is next week. And while the internationally-renowned speakers and panellists have done deep, committed work to develop their approaches, theories, methods, and practices, we are coming together because it is the questions which are more important. We aren't asking 'since … Continue reading Will you come to a conference that doesn’t have all the answers? →

I believe that the future of work is – no jobs. The idea of an ‘employment contract’ will fade away as we realise that the whole way we understand employment is paternalistic, hierarchical, and unequal. A 'job' isn't a contract between equals – it’s 'tied service and patronage', where ‘human resources’ exist to protect the … Continue reading Do you want a job in the future? Is my theory crazy? →

We should all just straight-up refuse to use the phrase "digital transformation" from now on. There's only organisational transformation. That was David Durant, a major #publicservice and #localgov digital guy https://twitter.com/cholten99/status/1461381436481552386 I'm stealing it, though, because I agree. Here I shared 'top tips' from 16 professional advisers: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/antlerboy_accelerating-enterprise-digital-transformation-activity-6865914557689421824-mLp2 This is what *I* think: 1) slow … Continue reading What’s your most controversial view about digital transformation? →

What Law would bear your name? (* it might be that, like mine, yours are not *really* unique - but don't worry about that for today 🙂 ) See others' contributions at: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/antlerboy_taylors-law-activity-6869182907479683072-cM0Z Feel free to share Laws in other people's names that you regularly call upon. Here are mine: Taylor's Corollary to Pareto's Law … Continue reading What’s your favourite saying that you invented?* →