Join the conversation on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/antlerboy_leadership-complexity-procurement-activity-7264552028591296513-g51Y How do you think more widely, with your hair on fire? It’s probably the leadership challenge of our time. Today, I was due to speak at the Local Government Procurement Expo Personal circumstances (complexity!) meant I had to change plans last-minute, and I’m very grateful to m’colleague Andrew Humphreys … Continue reading How do you think more widely, with your hair on fire? →

My weekly posts Inviting people into the wilderness — why change is about community, not control Change is often framed as a clear path with a set goal. But as Peter Block says, ‘all projects with a clear specification, good funding and the ambition to scale are doomed to failure’. Why? Join the conversation on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/antlerboy_innovation-leadership-change-activity-7261999423763705856-8AS5 Courses and events … Continue reading Transduction — leading transformation — Issue #156 →

‘All projects with a clear specification, good funding and the ambition to scale are doomed to failure’. Why?Join the conversation on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/antlerboy_innovation-leadership-change-activity-7261999423763705856-8AS5 Change is often framed as a clear path with a set goal. But as Peter Block says, ‘all projects with a clear specification, good funding and the ambition to scale are … Continue reading Inviting people into the wilderness – why change is about community, not control →

My weekly posts Anomie, three tribes, and the #futureofwork How will the three tribes in the #futureofwork finally adapt to virtual, hybrid, or modern office working?  Read the full post here: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/antlerboy_anomie-three-tribes-and-the-future-of-work-activity-7259491149508145152-pcQj Courses and events Contract Management Development Programme, Cohort Four is launching in January 2025 The programme is an opportunity for those involved in contract management to … Continue reading Transduction — leading transformation — Issue #155 →

Join the discussion on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/antlerboy_anomie-three-tribes-and-the-future-of-work-activity-7259491149508145152-pcQj This is my 400th ‘intentional’ LinkedIn post. (You can see my messy list of the other 399 here https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tt_4OBwvj-amux9zSU23hB87TeQna7TlJQkYt_D8EuY/edit?usp=sharing ) I started during the lockdown days of the pandemic and I’m going to use this to talk about what’s changed and what hasn’t changed — and the #futureofwork. Despite all the … Continue reading Anomie, three tribes, and the #futureofwork →

My weekly posts Friends reported he’d been talking about differentiation and integration again I was asked to speak at a mini-symposia of the International Systems Sciences Society — so no pressure, then! I talked about the positive and negative dynamics of differentiation and integration when people get organised together. Here are twelve points I think people might find … Continue reading Transduction — leading transformation — Issue #154 →

My weekly posts There isn’t really a competitive tender market in UK public service consultancy anymore. RedQuadrant is set up to compete in a fair fight for a wide range of public sector tenders. We get an enormous volume of tender emails, and we’re signed up to over 365 different tender portals. These days, the number … Continue reading Transduction — leading transformation — Issue #153 →

Join the conversation on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/antlerboy_there-isnt-really-a-competitive-tender-market-activity-7254397638995767296-BVDj  How can we get back to an open competitive market when this ‘creep’ of reduced competition seems to have won? There isn’t really a competitive tender market in UK public service consultancy anymore. RedQuadrant is set up to compete in a fair fight for a wide range of public … Continue reading There isn’t really a competitive tender market in UK public service consultancy anymore. →

Join the conversation on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/antlerboy_in-the-light-of-our-screens-we-are-consumed-activity-7251850397235953664-RqHD 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 attention to the … Continue reading Hair-on-fire catastrophes and pace layering breakdown →

Join the discussion on LinkedIn! No Tuesday post for me today, 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 … Continue reading Why do we pretend ignoring Covid will make it go away? →