'Many are stubborn with regard to the once-chosen path, few with regard to the goal' -Nietzsche
My weekly posts There’s only seven ways to save and improve public services We're getting into providing more video content from RedQuadrant. This week, I've produced a quick explainer on the seven ways to save and improve in public services. It’s about finding the best route through to real, sustainable change. Being tactical when you have … Continue reading Transduction - leading transformation - Issue #164
There’s only seven ways to save and improve public servicesIn my new video, you’ll learn about the RedQuadrant ‘seven ways to save and improve’ model. See the video on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/antlerboy_theres-only-seven-ways-to-save-and-improve-activity-7289907636777439232-zaaB?Local public services are at breaking point.They face the challenge of maintaining quality and still finding savings after years of austerity.So, how can organisations move … Continue reading There’s only seven ways to save and improve public services
My weekly posts Are the ‘rebels with a cause’ actually preventing the very change they campaign for? UK public services are in crisis, and relational public services offer a solution by listening to citizens and enabling self-help and collaboration. However, the trend towards centralised, controlled silos focused on efficiency persists. My paper suggests that advocates for … Continue reading Transduction - leading transformation - Issue #164
#relationalpublicservices — are the ‘rebels with a cause’ actually preventing the very change they campaign for? https://www.linkedin.com/posts/antlerboy_provocation-relational-public-services-activity-7288194671233679361-l4yL provocation paper and Systems Innovation conference discussion Are the ‘rebels with a cause’ actually preventing the very change they campaign for? Join the conversation on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/posts/antlerboy_provocation-relational-public-services-activity-7288194671233679361-l4yL UK public services are in a crisis. The weird thing is, the answer … Continue reading Are the ‘rebels with a cause’ actually preventing the very change they campaign for?
My weekly posts I wish AI LLMs were better at insight I wish ‘AI’ (LLMs) were better at insight. At the moment, is is quite good at stating the obvious. The limits of course are lack of embodiment, cross-platform access, walled gardens hiding information. If you ask an LLM for an overview of your social media activity, … Continue reading Transduction — leading transformation — Issue #163
AI LinkedIn report card I wish 'AI' (LLMs) were better at insight – though sometimes its useful to restate the obvious. Here’s my linkedin report card for 2024: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/antlerboy_governance-systemsthinking-transformation-activity-7284850200551030784-ZXpS If you ask an LLM for your social media overview, is it an accurate mirror? What would a critical friend say? I wish 'AI' (LLMs) were … Continue reading AI LinkedIn report card
My weekly posts Hair-on-fire catastrophes and pace layering breakdown In the light of our screens, we are consumed by a world aflame with hair-on-fire catastrophes, a whirlwind of urgent problems, a landslide of critical tipping points, a flood of spiralling crises. Each is an avoidable consequence of our collective choices. The frenetic urgency drags our … Continue reading Transduction — leading transformation — Issue #152
My weekly posts ‘We’re running balls out’ — Why the existing order is hard to change. In 1788, James Watt, on a suggestion from Matthew Boulton, adapted a centrifugal governor — invented by Huygens to control millstones in 17th-century windmills — to control his steam engine. The engine spins a shaft. As speed increases, centrifugal … Continue reading Transduction — leading transformation — Issue #151
My weekly posts How do you get into systems | complexity | cybernetics? There are a lot of answers to the question, many of them connecting with some kind of disjointing break from ‘normal’ ways of seeing and being. Anything from being bullied at school to being dyslexic. Being in an outsider group. Naively applying … Continue reading Transduction — leading transformation — Issue #150
My weekly posts No Tuesday post this week, I have Covid — again! The pandemic hasn’t gone away, every time we get sick our immune system is weakened and — worse — we may get cognitive impairment we don’t even realise (not to mention ‘long covid’). I keep confusing my desire not to get ill … Continue reading Transduction — leading transformation — Issue #149
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