Does accounting serve public services? Is it serving your business?

Join the discussion on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/antlerboy_accounting-publicservice-business-activity-7168154795583741952-l_SD Can you imagine a language of accounting that served us better? Accounting is a language — and like any language, there are things it conceals and things it reveals, there are built-in assumptions and norms. We use accountancy for transparency, comparison, steering, and control. And we couldn’t do without it. But what’s the … Continue reading Does accounting serve public services? Is it serving your business? →

Transduction — leading transformation — Issue #121

This week: Upcoming Events Systems and Complexity in Organisation Systems Thinking Government Upcoming Events: SE Stakeholder Engagement – Productive Conversations (0.5d) This training programme could equally be called ‘honest conversations’, ‘difficult conversations’, ‘constructive conversations’, or ‘challenging conversations’. Fundamental to the success and flavour of organisational life – and systems practice interventions – are the quality … Continue reading Transduction — leading transformation — Issue #121 →

Horizon scanning for learning and development

Join the discussion on LinkedIn: How - if at all - does your organisation integrate these insights from horizon scanning for learning and development into practice? https://www.linkedin.com/posts/antlerboy_learning-and-development-horizon-scannig-activity-7165609236058591232-mvXU Are you interested in #horizonscannming for the future of #learninganddevelopment? Then this document, produced with a brilliant, forward-thinking client, is worth a look! If you don't have time to read this now, … Continue reading Horizon scanning for learning and development →

Transduction — leading transformation — Issue #120

This week: Upcoming Events Systems and Complexity in Organisation Organisation theory Development Upcoming Events: SE Stakeholder Engagement – Productive Conversations (0.5d) This training programme could equally be called ‘honest conversations’, ‘difficult conversations’, ‘constructive conversations’, or ‘challenging conversations’. Fundamental to the success and flavour of organisational life – and systems practice interventions – are the quality … Continue reading Transduction — leading transformation — Issue #120 →

There’s a better way for us to ‘get our needs met’. Can we talk about it? 

Join the discussion on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/antlerboy_putting-humanness-first-activity-7163088691685502976-ryDr Two weeks ago, I posted on the 'royal paradigm' that underpins visits to a doctor in the UK. Given the broken state of our healthcare system, I should have realised that lots of people would respond by: - sharing my assumed frustration and complaint about the system and the … Continue reading There’s a better way for us to ‘get our needs met’. Can we talk about it?  →

Transduction — leading transformation — Issue #119

This week: Upcoming Events Systems and Complexity in Organisation Cybernetics Operational Excellence Upcoming Events: SE Stakeholder Engagement – Productive Conversations (0.5d) This training programme could equally be called ‘honest conversations’, ‘difficult conversations’, ‘constructive conversations’, or ‘challenging conversations’. Fundamental to the success and flavour of organisational life – and systems practice interventions – are the quality … Continue reading Transduction — leading transformation — Issue #119 →

The river remembers: eddies of time on Dog’s Beach

The river banks where I love to walk my dog are changing. Not development, though they're building a bridge upstream which is already changing the water flows. It is in its nature to change. Comment or join the conversation on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/posts/antlerboy_the-river-banks-where-i-love-to-walk-my-dog-activity-7160546007603101696-1sMy The water's been high this year, parts are still impassable and submerged. … Continue reading The river remembers: eddies of time on Dog’s Beach →

Transduction — leading transformation — Issue #118

This week: Upcoming Events Systems Convening Systems and Complexity in Organisation Metaphysics Upcoming Events: SE Stakeholder Engagement – Productive Conversations (0.5d) This training programme could equally be called ‘honest conversations’, ‘difficult conversations’, ‘constructive conversations’, or ‘challenging conversations’. Fundamental to the success and flavour of organisational life – and systems practice interventions – are the quality … Continue reading Transduction — leading transformation — Issue #118 →

Prescriptive Power?

A Doctor is one of the closest things to a King or Queen we encounter in UK public services. How much power do you think they actually have? Join the discussion on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/antlerboy_publicservices-activity-7158014653145497600-hPhg?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop What do you think are the implications for #publicservices? To see my doctor, I have to petition him - find a … Continue reading Prescriptive Power? →

Transduction — leading transformation — Issue #117

This week: Upcoming Events Systems Thinking Systems and Complexity in Organisation Organisational Cybernetics Upcoming Events: SE Stakeholder Engagement – Productive Conversations (0.5d) This training programme could equally be called ‘honest conversations’, ‘difficult conversations’, ‘constructive conversations’, or ‘challenging conversations’. Fundamental to the success and flavour of organisational life – and systems practice interventions – are the … Continue reading Transduction — leading transformation — Issue #117 →