'Many are stubborn with regard to the once-chosen path, few with regard to the goal' -Nietzsche
Do you have tips how to get the best results out of them? My mission seems to be to spread the good-humoured word about systems | cybernetics | complexity. I wanted to change the world by transforming consultancy and transforming public services, and, well, in the words of Tesla about the 'self-driving' myth – ‘the … Continue reading Speaking gigs – what do you think?
Have you ever seen #consultants deliver the right thing — in the wrong time and place? Go wrong because they were trying to impose their model, not adapt to circumstances? Many consultancies are one-trick ponies, and that kinda works. They do one thing and they do it well, giving people variants of the same approach. The less … Continue reading Why we need #metaconsulting
Sign up at https://www.getrevue.co/profile/antlerboyA reminder of last week’s headline, still time to download the new #systemscovening book from Bev and Etienne Wenger-Trayner and join us at a webinar:Register for the launch webinar on 2 September: https://bit.ly/SCBookLaunchDownload the book and join the community: https://bit.ly/SystemsConvening(And for more on my thinking on systems change and systems leadership, see here) Top phive … Continue reading Transduction – leading transformation – Issue #10
What does the shift to the collective journey mean to you? I was raised on Star Wars. stay on target Almost literally; we went on exchange to the USA when I was five, and I saw the movie 14 times that year. I’m sure I could have recited the entire script for you well into … Continue reading The world is grey – and it’s a lot more interesting that way.
What do you call an approach that moves #publicservices from 'spending money on services to meet needs' to 'intervening and learning in the complex systems that actually shape our lives'? latest piece in the Municipal Journal The former sees 'services' as the whole universe, brought into being by our public service cash. The latter sees … Continue reading Long live commissioning! But what shall we call it?
How do you get people to connect to each other quickly? There are lots of ‘icebreakers’ and warmups, but something I come back to time and time again is this that is stolen — with encouragement — from Peter Block. The instructions are: Form groups of three. Sit facing in together, with your knees a maximum of nine inches apart. … Continue reading The Peter Block Community Exercise — connection, gifts, community: better than ‘a warmup’
Sign up at https://www.getrevue.co/profile/antlerboy The big thing I shared this week was the new #systemscovening book from Bev and Etienne Wenger-Trayner. I’m proud to have been involved in a sort of sounding board for the development of the book.Register for the launch webinar on 2 September: https://bit.ly/SCBookLaunchDownload the book and join the community: https://bit.ly/SystemsConveningIt is fascinating that … Continue reading getRevue newsletter – Transduction – leading transformation – Issue #9
Do you know systems conveners? Are you one? The new book from Bev and Etienne Wenger-Trayner starts: “You may not have heard about them; what they do is rarely in their job description. You may not even be aware of what they do; they tend to act as enablers rather than taking credit or seeking … Continue reading Something new has been named: #systemsconvening
Is your team or organisation a ‘robust system’? Do you have the right balance of dynamics to engage with the world with love and power, to be fully yourselves and fully the whole? A robust system is able to meet something new, different, surprising, odd — something ‘a bit off’ — and study, welcome, value and utilise it. The alternative, … Continue reading Is your team or organisation a ‘robust system’?
It’s often *after* the stress that the problems kick in. Phoenicean Juniper (Juniperus phoenicea) at El Sabinar, El Hierro, Canary Islands (Spain). Eckhard Pecher CC BY 2.5 licence https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:El_Hierro_Sabinar.JPG#/media/File:El_Hierro_Sabinar.JPG How do we exit from stress gracefully? If you’ve ever been to a busy restaurant at 11pm on a Saturday and marvelled at the fluid teamwork … Continue reading Exiting from stress
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