Tripwires and Cascades
Understanding what a tripwire is and the cascade of behaviours that come from it are keys to linking causes and effects and evaluating change dynamics.
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The More Things Change
Aphorisms about change and stability abound and the truths they tell can set us free if we listen. We’ve all heard the aphorisms. The only constant is change. We need to change to stay the same. The more things do change, the more they remains as they are. These paradoxical statements have truth to them
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Innovation’s Fear Factor
The fear of failure are reasons why our best work never sees the light of day ; gaming can make us braver. It seems absurd to imagine an organization devoting months of staff time, attention, and money to a project that has been executed perfectly only to have it never launch. Welcome to the world
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Signals and Actions
Signals of intent can be misleading indicators of future action and may lead away from our desired change. They are everywhere: signals of intent. Whether it be protest slogans, adornments (e.g., face masks for illness), or public proclamations there are many signals of change around us. It’s hard to go online without seeing some organization
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Learning As Our Outcome
You knew it would come . This week we started to see accusations and conflict peek through what had been a largely harmonious, if somewhat fragmented, response to the global pandemic. What was at first behind the scenes now took centre stage. Governments, citizens, public health officials, and scientists are starting to point the fingers
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Live Learning
Our models of organized learning could benefit from the disruption we’re seeing across society…if we allow it. The conceit of traditional learning models is that past experience informs present understanding to guide current and future thought and actions. This is so taken for granted that it’s hardly challenged; it is the essence of ‘received wisdom’
Survey Says What?
Our data collection efforts during a time of VUCA are impaired by not only our methods, but our sense of what is actually happening.
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Systems Thinking About Time and Motion
In changing times its important to recognize both the words change and time if we want to understand systems. On a social and economic level we’ve never seen more transformation of everyday life come or affect systems as we have with the global COVID-19 pandemic. What it provides us is an opportunity to learn, contemplate,
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Systems Thinking About Action: Complexity
The global pandemic situation has provided us with a lesson in complexity by giving us much to see, learn, and do if we pay attention. It’s been said that the best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago and the second best time is today. Our personal, social, and organizational preparedness plans are
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