I’m talking about them at the free SCiO — Systems and Complexity in Organisation evening session tonight (18:30–20:30 UK time), and I’m sharing the session with David Ing who is four years into a ten-year ‘systems changes’ journey. Session info: SCiO Virtual Open Meeting - July 2022Virtual Open Meeting: A series of presentations of general interest to … Continue reading What do ‘systems leadership’ and ‘systems change ‘ mean to you? What questions would you like me to answer? →

A completely integrated, fluid team. Every player plays in every position. A beautiful pattern of adaptation and agility — the team itself is the active intelligence on the pitch, not the individuals. https://theworld.org/stories/2016-03-24/how-johan-cruyff-changed-soccer-total-football The dream of ‘agile’ and of teams since time immemorial. I’ve shared before how the systems ‘triangle game’ can give you an experience of … Continue reading Have you heard about the dream of Total Football? →

We are now offering the Systems Thinking Practitioner Apprenticeship, with a free Q&A session on Friday 22 July from 11–12:30 — to join go to https://www.systemspractice.org/events/q-and-session-cherith-simmonsscio-systems-thinking-practitioner-apprenticeship This is for those in management, leadership, change, and more — it’s the equivalent of a Masters degree (level 7 UK) but you don’t need a degree, just to be able to put … Continue reading What systems thinking practice would be most useful in your organisation? →

Subscribe to these with nice formatting at https://www.getrevue.co/profile/antlerboy Lots of events and lots of interesting stuff 🙂 #systemschange: the dangers of over-correcting in a good causeIf you want to save the world, run a business in a better way, help people with creativity, innovation, or generally create a better future… …you need to go beyond … Continue reading Transduction – leading transformation – Issue #56 →

If you want to save the world, run a business in a better way, help people with creativity, innovation, or generally create a better future… …you need to go beyond correcting the way things are currently done, and shine a light on yourself, too. As a world, we need to get the point that things … Continue reading #systemschange: the dangers of over-correcting in a good cause →

I see a lot of posts and articles at the moment about ‘employee engagement’, particularly in the context of 'but won't we lose employee engagement, if people work from home more'? Well, yes, you might. But if your view of how to get people motivated and engaged to do their work is based on the … Continue reading What if we treated people as people, instead of employees? →

(With posherer formatting at https://www.getrevue.co/profile/antlerboy)This week,need-to-demand and front/back office18 tips from 18 years in consultingevens coming up on systems change, the future of work and moresome exciting links from New LocalPurpose from 1943 and polycentric leadership from 2022Complex systems for the most vulnerable and a proposal for a viable Peruvian stateAnd - one of the … Continue reading Transduction – leading transformation – Issue #55 →

A positive take on the 'four quadrants of systems threats' from Steven Shorrock (who is an excellent communicator, well worth following).

Simon grižon Super split on a slackline.jpg Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) Most of the good ideas in #customerrelations, ‘customer relationship management’, ‘demand management’, #digital and #technology in general are VERY BAD ideas unless you continue to deeply learn what your customers actually need. It goes like this: 1- what customers ask for and actually need … Continue reading Demand management is a very bad idea — think about the need-to-demand curve →

What lessons would you pass on about your industry, given the chance? Here are 18 I put together…. >>Sales and growth1. Sales is a profession — but should never be separated from delivery, or you will sell what cannot be delivered 2. Most sales happen through relationships, especially with happy clients 3. Be opportunistic, strategically — growth usually comes … Continue reading 18 tips from 18 years in consulting →