How many times have you heard this? What was it that showed you that this was absolutely, definitely, not true? Join the discussion at https://www.linkedin.com/posts/antlerboy_its-a-merger-not-a-takeover-activity-6978252491230466048-RmH5 “It’s a merger, not a takeover” How many times has the combination of terrible symbolism and justified cynicism undermine two organisations or groups trying to come together? I’ve been through it … Continue reading “It’s a merger, not a takeover” →

I would like to declare today Bring Yourself to Work Day. It’s actually not a significant holiday or holy day or anything anywhere in the world that I can find! It is the beginning of the Orthodox Church Year, and around the ‘start of term’ in many places, so it feels appropriate 🙂 What do I … Continue reading Who are you at work? →

See with formatting at https://www.getrevue.co/profile/antlerboy It’s been a week to mark the passing of a generation, and quite emotional as a result.This week - less writing from me, many events, links, and an interlude 🙂 Stocktake: Transduction – leading transformation – Issue #61I’m definitely in a lull with writing posts. What would you do next, … Continue reading Transduction – leading transformation – Issue #62 →

I’m definitely in a lull with writing posts. What would you do next, if you were me? For the last two or three years, I’ve been very disciplined about writing one or two intentional LinkedIn posts every week (Monday and/or Wednesday), and then pulling them together with a bunch of the things I’ve shared on … Continue reading Stocktake: Transduction – leading transformation – Issue #61 →

A recent comment from Mike Parker had me thinking about #systemsthinking Twitter, in the early days — a great little community of folks sharing, learning, and debating together. Then there was Gene Bellinger’s original Systems Thinking group here on LinkedIn (which I merged my group into) — which still continues in new form at https://lnkd.in/dMB3xvRz, and is slightly being … Continue reading What are the blogs or social media which you learned the most from, early on? →

See with nice formatttin at https://www.getrevue.co/profile/antlerboy A UK Bank Holiday special, after the shocking gap of three weeks - two road trips and travelling by car takes a lot of time and attention! Mostly systems things, and self-promotion - sorry 🙂 Work is keeping me even busier than usual at the moment, and I’m feeling … Continue reading Transduction – leading transformation – Issue #60 →

Join the discussion at https://www.linkedin.com/posts/antlerboy_team-poker-activity-6967374374404304896-GN9a Warm-up exercises? Often a huuuge waste of time, punishing the introverts and creating nothing relevant to the event you’re doing… As face-to-face training and workshops are (partly, slowly) coming back, here’s a very simple and effective way to do it, which touches on team-building, teamwork, building cooperation, problem solving , #leadership, … Continue reading What’s your favourite warm-up exercise? →

Join the discussion on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/posts/antlerboy_8-things-to-think-about-systems-complexity-activity-6964845434942959616-R3We/ Have you ever been encouraged to ‘see the whole’, or ‘think holistically’? Have you read that it is critical for our #future that we ‘see the whole of the elephant’? It’s true — but it’s not the whole story. And because it’s a one-sided argument trying to rebalance a polarised, competitive … Continue reading The risks of ‘seeing the whole’ →

Let me know if you’re interested to join! The original post-its that set up the idea of the tool shed, at the power+systems facilitators conference in London Over the years I have developed a set of thinking, tools, methods, templates, perspectives, suggestions, and advice for leading transformation, whether that’s in business, public services, the wider … Continue reading I’m planning a new cohort of the RedQuadrant tool shed – might this be valuable to you or someone you know? →