What are the blogs or social media which you learned the most from, early on?

A recent comment from Mike Parker had me thinking about #systemsthinking Twitter, in the early daysโ€Šโ€”โ€Ša great little community of folks sharing, learning, and debating together. Then there was Gene Bellingerโ€™s original Systems Thinking group here on LinkedIn (which I merged my group into)โ€Šโ€”โ€Šwhich 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?

Transduction – leading transformation – Issue #60

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 ๐Ÿ™‚ Work is keeping me even busier than usual at the moment, and Iโ€™m feeling … Continue reading Transduction – leading transformation – Issue #60

Whatโ€™s your favourite warm-up exercise?

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 youโ€™re doingโ€ฆ As face-to-face training and workshops are (partly, slowly) coming back, hereโ€™s a very simple and effective way to do it, which touches on team-building, teamwork, building cooperation, problem solving , #leadership, … Continue reading Whatโ€™s your favourite warm-up exercise?

Is it really change management, or are you just running interference for change that is going to happen anyway? 

Join me at Australasian Change Days for connection, insight, conversation, and learning!Is it really change management, or are you just running interference for change that is going to happenย anyway?ย  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgCTaAC897M&t=1s oohโ€Šโ€”โ€Šit me! Iโ€™m so much looking forward to Australasian Change Days 2022โ€Šโ€”โ€Š#ACDC2022 Every year, this conference delivers a worldwide (virtual) attendance and: - top class … Continue reading Is it really change management, or are you just running interference for change that is going to happen anyway? 

The risks of โ€˜seeing the wholeโ€™

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 โ€˜see the wholeโ€™, or โ€˜think holisticallyโ€™? Have you read that it is critical for our #future that we โ€˜see the whole of the elephantโ€™? Itโ€™s trueโ€Šโ€”โ€Šbut itโ€™s not the whole story. And because itโ€™s a one-sided argument trying to rebalance a polarised, competitive … Continue reading The risks of โ€˜seeing the wholeโ€™

I’m planning a new cohort of the RedQuadrant tool shed – might this be valuable to you or someone you know?

Let me know if youโ€™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 thatโ€™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?

Transduction – leading transformation – Issue #59

also via https://www.getrevue.co/profile/antlerboy Mega amazing systems thinking practitioner apprenticeships The RedQuadrant tool shed Underlying purpose ยฃ70bn contract for Net Zero (not) Systems genealogy The Visual Cliff and perceptual ecology Artist as Cultural Shaman, Kendrick Lamar Police surveillance of protest The citizen future Living Systems A Foxy approach to systems thinking by Venkatesh Rao (excellent) Cybernetic … Continue reading Transduction – leading transformation – Issue #59

Systems thinking practitioner, level 7, from Cherith Simmons with SCiO (England and Wales Practitioner Levy funded)

In England or Wales? There are still places left on the first cohort of the Level 7 Systems Thinking Practitioner Apprenticeship from Cherith Simmons, delivered in partnership with SCiO. Itโ€™s a postgrad equivalent courseโ€Šโ€”โ€Šwith no degree required, 30 month day release and working on your real work challenges, funded by the Apprenticeship Levy in England … Continue reading Systems thinking practitioner, level 7, from Cherith Simmons with SCiO (England and Wales Practitioner Levy funded)

What small groups have really made a difference to your life?

I don't mean mentors, one-to-one relationships where someone really helps you develop and grow. And I don't necessarily mean friendship groups - or family - the people we are thrust together with and comfortable (or even uncomfortable) with over a long period of time. I mean those groups we land up in which usually have … Continue reading What small groups have really made a difference to your life?

No, itโ€™s not a ยฃ70bn contract for Net Zeroโ€Šโ€”โ€Šitโ€™s a sole prime supplier call-off framework across public service. But thatโ€™s very interestingโ€ฆ

Thereโ€™s a degree of excitement being generated on Twitter by people who really should know better (see https://twitter.com/jolyonmaugham/status/1554160249766137858) along the lines of: โ€œA small consulting firm in Cornwall, with assets of only ยฃ350k, which seems to specialise on education, has just been awarded a ยฃ70bn govโ€™t contract to deliver the entire UK public sectorโ€™s transition … Continue reading No, itโ€™s not a ยฃ70bn contract for Net Zeroโ€Šโ€”โ€Šitโ€™s a sole prime supplier call-off framework across public service. But thatโ€™s very interestingโ€ฆ