differentiation and integration – supporting growth and change over sterile stuckness

Join the discussion on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/posts/antlerboy_decisionmaking-innovation-agility-activity-7203724124815327235-JEUf AndyScott, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commonshttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Battersea_Park,_Single_Form_by_Barbara_Hepworth.jpgA large abstract sculpture made of metal, resembling an elongated oval or a teardrop shape, stands upright on a grassy area by a lake. The sculpture features a circular hole near its upper portion. Behind the sculpture, a tranquil lake is surrounded … Continue reading differentiation and integration – supporting growth and change over sterile stuckness

things that flow into their opposite…

Loads of contributions on this over at LinkedIn - join the debate at https://www.linkedin.com/posts/antlerboy_apologies-this-is-a-bit-philosophical-activity-7201116972317581312-Ms5T Apologies (if you need them), this is a bit philosophical. So many things in organisation (and in) life seem to contain or flow into their opposite โ€“ what would you call this? * Metaphors, models, ways of thinking are both stages … Continue reading things that flow into their opposite…

Transduction โ€” leading transformation โ€” Issue #133

This week: Upcoming Events Systems and Complexity in Organisation Public services Systems intelligence Upcoming Events: ILG Large Group Interventions (1.0d) In a classic 2005 article, โ€˜Techniques to Match our Valuesโ€™, Weisbord set out the โ€˜learning curveโ€™, with a movement from โ€˜experts solve problemsโ€™ to โ€˜โ€™everybodyโ€™ solves problemsโ€™ to โ€˜experts improve whole systemsโ€™ to โ€˜โ€™everybodyโ€™ improves … Continue reading Transduction โ€” leading transformation โ€” Issue #133

Have you ever left a business meeting with a deep feeling of resentment?

Join the discussion on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/antlerboy_productive-conversation-activity-7198579602611392512-8h5K?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop If you did, then probably:- it hit your productivity- the conversation didn't achieve what was most needed and would have been most useful- your resentment was being communicated, one way or the other, but not usefully- you weren't the only person with issues about that meetingsEvery time I teach … Continue reading Have you ever left a business meeting with a deep feeling of resentment?

Transduction โ€” leading transformation โ€” Issue #132

This week: Upcoming Events Systems and Complexity in Organisation Cybernetics AI Upcoming Events: SE Stakeholder Engagement โ€“ Productive Conversations (0.5d) This training programme could equally be called โ€˜honest conversationsโ€™, โ€˜difficult conversationsโ€™, โ€˜constructive conversationsโ€™, or โ€˜challenging conversationsโ€™. Fundamental to the success and flavour of organisational life โ€“ and systems practice interventions โ€“ are the quality of … Continue reading Transduction โ€” leading transformation โ€” Issue #132

The speakularity. The total transcription event horizon. The legipocalypse.

Join the discussion on LinkedIn:ย https://www.linkedin.com/posts/antlerboy_gpt4o-largelangaugemodel-activity-7196048129790545920-Rs3c?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktopOne day - and very soon - everything you ever do or say will be recorded, transcribed, accessible, searchable, and interpretable.That day just came a lot closer with the release of 'hashtag#GPT4o'ย  (https://lnkd.in/gUWUcsJF) - a version of the hashtag#LargeLangaugeModel that can work with live video feed and a bunch more real-time, … Continue reading The speakularity. The total transcription event horizon. The legipocalypse.

Transduction โ€” leading transformation โ€” Issue #131

This week: Upcoming Events Systems and Complexity in Organisation Cybernetics Government Upcoming Events: SE Stakeholder Engagement โ€“ Productive Conversations (0.5d) This training programme could equally be called โ€˜honest conversationsโ€™, โ€˜difficult conversationsโ€™, โ€˜constructive conversationsโ€™, or โ€˜challenging conversationsโ€™. Fundamental to the success and flavour of organisational life โ€“ and systems practice interventions โ€“ are the quality of … Continue reading Transduction โ€” leading transformation โ€” Issue #131

How can we apply cybernetics to public service transformation

Join the discussion on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/antlerboy_applying-cybernetics-to-public-service-transformation-activity-7193504714204884993-ZWiD If I asked you โ€˜what do you imagine would be the core things that would make public services workโ€™, what would you say? Itโ€™s less complex than it might seemโ€ฆ @Mitali Deypurkaystha set me this โ€˜exam questionโ€™.  Iโ€™ll start with management cybernetics โ€“ what it says about organisation (in … Continue reading How can we apply cybernetics to public service transformation

Transduction โ€” leading transformation โ€” Issue #130

This week: Upcoming Events Systems and Complexity in Organisation Public Sector Innovation Upcoming Events: SE Stakeholder Engagement โ€“ Productive Conversations (0.5d) This training programme could equally be called โ€˜honest conversationsโ€™, โ€˜difficult conversationsโ€™, โ€˜constructive conversationsโ€™, or โ€˜challenging conversationsโ€™. Fundamental to the success and flavour of organisational life โ€“ and systems practice interventions โ€“ are the quality … Continue reading Transduction โ€” leading transformation โ€” Issue #130

What would be the perfect ‘system’ for theย public sector to adopt

Join the discussion on LinkedIn:ย https://www.linkedin.com/posts/antlerboy_the-perfect-system-for-the-public-sector-activity-7190972783244292096-v8t4ย  I asked for exam questions recently and, Jim Nicholls threw me a doozy! Iโ€™ve spent 25 years or more thinking about this, so rather than agonise, Iโ€™m just typing my answer straight. There are two answers, which point the way to a third. __ First: do really really good work analysing your … Continue reading What would be the perfect ‘system’ for theย public sector to adopt