How do you get salty? How does one become a curmudgeon?

Join the discussion on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/antlerboy_how-do-salty-curmudgeons-become-activity-7061957308066521091-Nt17/ What are YOU a curmudgeon about at work? What unpopular opinion do you stubbornly hold on to? What can you not resist correcting people on?  __ Weโ€™ve all met them. People who seem to have a lot to offer. A different, challenging perspective.  And then perhaps when you try to … Continue reading How do you get salty? How does one become a curmudgeon? →

‘We shape our technology and thereafter our technology shapes us’. How will ‘AI’ shape business?

Join the discussion on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/antlerboy_technology-ai-llm-activity-7059428340700430336-OyKy?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktopIf you think about AI as a shaper of the world around us, what's oneย changeย youย see? I don't mean 'what jobs will be replaced' or 'who will be the winners and losers'. I mean that the usefulness of LLM's will change the landscape and change the possibilities for business, with all … Continue reading ‘We shape our technology and thereafter our technology shapes us’. How will ‘AI’ shape business? →

Transduction โ€“ leading transformation โ€“ Issue #86

This week: Upcoming Events Operational Excellence Systems change  Viable Systems Model Organizational Theory inquiry driven systems Link Collection: Upcoming Events: Hamburg, Operational Excellence and Process Transformation. 14 June 2023 โ€“ 16 June 2023 https://key-notion.com/operational-excellence-process-transformation-summit-hamburg/ Unlock your organisationโ€™s full potential with the operational excellence and process transformation summit! Join industry leaders, experts, and peers for two … Continue reading Transduction โ€“ leading transformation โ€“ Issue #86 →

In a world of Large Language Models and Machine Learning, is Operational Excellence as we know it irrelevant?

Join the discussion on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/antlerboy_opex-summit-hamburg-14-16-june-2023-activity-7056880492528234496-3Hvy/ Can the computer now do Lean Six Sigma better than you? Will management turn to a chatbot for improvement and innovation? Yes, this is partly another plug for the Operational Excellence and Process Transformation Summit in Hamburg, Germany from 14-16 June 2023, from KEYNOTION - I'm the chair, in … Continue reading In a world of Large Language Models and Machine Learning, is Operational Excellence as we know it irrelevant? →

Transduction โ€“ leading transformation โ€“ Issue #85

This week: ยท      Upcoming Events ยท      Leadership ยท      Management ยท      Metacrisis ยท      complexity science paradigm ยท      Indigenous technologies Link Collection: Upcoming Events: Hamburg, Operational Excellence and Process Transformation. 14 June 2023 โ€“ 16 June 2023 https://key-notion.com/operational-excellence-process-transformation-summit-hamburg/ Unlock your organisationโ€™s full potential with the operational excellence and process transformation summit! Join industry leaders, experts, and peers for two days of insights, learning, … Continue reading Transduction โ€“ leading transformation โ€“ Issue #85 →

What kind of a leader are you?ย 

Join the discussion on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/antlerboy_leadership-management-organisation-activity-7054344457566978048-P7MP What kind of a leader are you?  Or are you just a manager? Sorry โ€“ trick question!  Many people for many potentially good reasons make a distinction betweenย leadership andย management. But I sat down with Richard J. Torseth recently for his 10,000 Swamp Leaders podcast to chew over two of my little … Continue reading What kind of a leader are you?ย  →

Transduction โ€“ leading transformation โ€“ Issue #84

This week: Upcoming Events Complexity Frameworks Social Resilience Connectivity  Awards Experiments Transformationย  Link Collection: Upcoming Events: Requisite Agility Workshop 2023โ€‚โ€‚โ€‚โ€‚ 21 April 2023 - 22 April 2023โ€‚โ€‚โ€‚โ€‚โ€‚โ€‚โ€‚โ€‚โ€‚โ€‚  https://requisiteagility.org/conf2023/ra-workshop/โ€‚โ€‚โ€‚โ€‚ Attention Change Agents! Are you ready to join the Requisite Agility movement? The University of Brightonโ€™s 20 years of research has revealed that agility needs to be customized … Continue reading Transduction โ€“ leading transformation โ€“ Issue #84 →

Transduction โ€“ leading transformation โ€“ Issue #83

Happy Easter/Eostre/Ostara, Chag Sameach, Ramadan Kareem, Happy Hanuman Jayanti, Kalo Pascha, Vaisakhi diyan lakh lakh vadhaiyan! ๐ŸŒท๐Ÿ•Š๏ธ๐ŸŒ™๐Ÿ’๐ŸŒพ๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ Link Collection: My weekly blog post: In this blog post I reflect on my experience working in government and the limitations of policy. I recently listened to a podcast about how government can drive innovation and creativity through policy … Continue reading Transduction โ€“ leading transformation โ€“ Issue #83 →

If you really want to get something done, turn to the #government.

Does anyone ever say this? Well, yesโ€ฆ Join the discussion on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/antlerboy_turn-to-government-to-change-things-activity-7049280555044986880-TDRV/ If the PM or President could make one call, with whichever participants you want, and direct or challenge them - do you know what you actually want the government to do, or stop doing? __Normally, Iโ€™m really down on โ€˜policyโ€™. This is the … Continue reading If you really want to get something done, turn to the #government. →

Things you know, that ain’t so, or ‘everything you thought you know is false porn’โ€ฆ the Cobra Effect

A tweet: Wow, I had spent the longest time believing the Cobra effect story of the British Raj was true, but had trouble finding a proper cite. Turns out googling it with "apocryphal" did the trick: it's entirely made up. A lesson in trusting libertarian economistshttps://theweek.in/columns/bibek-debroy/2019/11/01/cobra-skin-and-rat-tails.html (1) Siberian fox on Twitter: "Wow, I had spent … Continue reading Things you know, that ain’t so, or ‘everything you thought you know is false porn’โ€ฆ the Cobra Effect →