Hi all, Since we lost 'revue', the format of these newsletters has changed, but it's still an attempt (with varied amounts of time and editorial help from Amber Griffiths, consultant management trainee) to share what I've written, my events, and interesting updates from my explorations of systems | cybernetics | complexity and public | service … Continue reading Transduction – leading transformation – Issue #76
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New philosophy of business
Join the discussion on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/antlerboy_business-innovation-management-activity-7026446041637871616-AD-O The time is surely right for a new philosophy of #business — but, I mean, really new. In business: · ‘Moats’ are bad. · ‘Blue ocean’ is bad. · ‘Defensibility’ is bad. No company should have monopoly or monopsony power, no company should be more important to its employees on the inside than the … Continue reading New philosophy of business
Transduction – leading transformation – Issue #75
Last chance to book for: https://www.systemspractice.org/events/fsp1-facilitation-skills-systems-practice-interventions-05d Link Collection: My Blog piece of the week: https://chosen-path.org/2023/01/25/i-am-in-dispute-with-hunter-boots/ https://stream.syscoi.com/2023/01/22/complex-systems-in-the-spotlight-next-steps-after-the-2021-nobel-prize-in-physics/ https://stream.syscoi.com/2023/01/20/rip-javier-livas/ https://stream.syscoi.com/2023/01/20/naturalized-teleology-cybernetics-organization-purpose-saches-2023/ https://stream.syscoi.com/2023/01/20/stigmergic-coordination-and-minimal-cognition-in-plants/ https://stream.syscoi.com/2023/01/20/applied-systems-thinking-in-practice-resources-open-university/ https://stream.syscoi.com/2023/01/20/analogies-at-the-edge-of-reason/ https://stream.syscoi.com/2023/01/19/objects-of-consciousness-hoffman-and-prakash-2014/ https://stream.syscoi.com/2023/01/19/fitness-beats-truth-in-the-evolution-of-perception-prakash-et-al-2020/ https://mastodon.social/@antlerboy/109760135904617649 Don't give advice | Conversational Leadership https://mastodon.social/@antlerboy/109751642452083029 https://mastodon.social/@antlerboy/109749782526130515 https://mastodon.social/@antlerboy/109748811572699859 https://mastodon.social/@antlerboy/109745980121663898 https://mastodon.social/@antlerboy/109745154372386708 https://mastodon.social/@antlerboy/109744120240585092 https://mastodon.social/@antlerboy/109740317848830090 https://mastodon.social/@antlerboy/109728167591511749
I am in dispute with Hunter Boots
Join the discussion on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/antlerboy_why-i-am-in-dispute-with-hunter-boots-it-activity-7023920019231154176-Erb2?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop Why I am in dispute with Hunter Boots.It goes like this…My delightful and charming niece and nephew needed new wellies. I wanted to buy them a present. And there was a sale at the very high end Hunter Boots. Hurrah!The new WhatsApp channel ‘Wellie discourse’ was created, and after an … Continue reading I am in dispute with Hunter Boots
Transduction – leading transformation – Issue #74
Hello everyone, here's the first Revue-free weekly update from me, thanks to Amber Griffiths who is now assisting. Likes, comments, and shares on any and all of this are very welcome and send a nice warning signal in these cold days! As well as confirming that someone is reading these things.... My conundrum of the … Continue reading Transduction – leading transformation – Issue #74
The problem with consulting
Join the discussion on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/antlerboy_the-devils-adviser-activity-7021396052595384321-JuHd Lots of people criticise consultants, and so do I. I even created and led ‘The Campaign Against Consultancy’. There can be a premium on slickness over authenticity, telling you what you want and giving you what you ask for — answers, a very clever report based on detailed analytics and benchmarking — rather than … Continue reading The problem with consulting
Transduction – leading transformation – Issue #73
Also available, more nicely done, at https://www.getrevue.co/profile/antlerboy This will be the last update from me via Revue, as they close it down. I hate when they do that! Please connect with me via: Chosen Path BlogLinkedin Newsletter subscription linkSubstack Newsletter linkTwitterLinkedInMastodon Amber Griffiths, the RedQuadrant management trainee, is working to find a way to collate … Continue reading Transduction – leading transformation – Issue #73
What haunts your fever dreams?
People often say I should do some personal LinkedIn posts — ‘let them see the real you’. Well, this might go beyond that — I’m asking what weirdness comes out of you when you’re a little bit out of your mind? ___ The first time I nearly died from a stomach bug, I was staying in the home of … Continue reading What haunts your fever dreams?
Transduction – leading transformation – Issue #72
Also available, more nicely done, at https://www.getrevue.co/profile/antlerboy Next RedQuadrant tool shed cohort start January 16 - contact me if you’re interested at benjamin.taylor@redquadrant.com (see https://bit.ly/RQtoolshedshowandtell for more)Otherwise, Happy New Year and remember Revue only has one or two weeks left, so if you’re reading this on Revue, please sign up for my newsletter on LinkedIn or my blog on … Continue reading Transduction – leading transformation – Issue #72
There’s a problem with #AdaptiveLeadership.
And it’s actually the problem with most #leadership and #management approaches. Join the discussion on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/antlerboy_adaptive-leadership-overview-activity-7016319641790648321-U0KW?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop First of all, what is Adaptive Leadership? It’s an approach developed over more than 20 years by Ronald Heifetz, Marty Linsky, and their colleagues at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government It’s frequently used in coaching and teaching leadership … Continue reading There’s a problem with #AdaptiveLeadership.








