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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. →

My weekly posts Hair-on-fire catastrophes and pace layering breakdown 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 … Continue reading Transduction — leading transformation — Issue #152 →

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 →

My weekly posts ‘We’re running balls out’ — Why the existing order is hard to change. In 1788, James Watt, on a suggestion from Matthew Boulton, adapted a centrifugal governor — invented by Huygens to control millstones in 17th-century windmills — to control his steam engine. The engine spins a shaft. As speed increases, centrifugal … Continue reading Transduction — leading transformation — Issue #151 →

Join the discussion on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/antlerboy_innovation-publicservices-systemsthinking-activity-7249318522399469568-_9FV ‘We’re running balls out’ — why the existing order is hard to change. In 1788, James Watt, on a suggestion from Matthew Boulton, adapted a centrifugal governor — invented by Huygens to control millstones in 17th-century windmills — to control his steam engine. The engine spins a shaft. As speed increases, centrifugal force pushes the … Continue reading ‘We’re running balls out’ — why the existing order is hard to change →

My weekly posts How do you get into systems | complexity | cybernetics? There are a lot of answers to the question, many of them connecting with some kind of disjointing break from ‘normal’ ways of seeing and being. Anything from being bullied at school to being dyslexic. Being in an outsider group. Naively applying … Continue reading Transduction — leading transformation — Issue #150 →

My weekly posts No Tuesday post this week, 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 get ill … Continue reading Transduction — leading transformation — Issue #149 →

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? →