Thinking out loud…
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On being a systems entrepreneur
How do we move forward in an uncertain world? A systems entrepreneur recognises that whatever their interests and various areas of expertise, they are moving forward into an unknown world.… Read more
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On the expectation / reality gap (three dissonances of a linear world view)
Our ability to link events and create stories to explain them in linear, cause-and-effect terms is a core part of what makes us human. It’s how we try to impose… Read more
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On a network-informed approach to organisational design
Growing a team or reorganising an institutional structure is often seen as the solution to a set of challenges. But it’s only a solution when seen through our (largely) western… Read more
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On organisational capital (the hidden connections)
Having considered the insights from network theory on the increase in complexity as we grow or reorganise our institutions, I’ll now explore how we might do things differently instead. In… Read more
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On aiming for A-B-C but getting W-T-F
In part one I explored insights that network analysis can tell us about managing teams or organisations and the impact of adding a new management tier. I gave the example… Read more
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On organisational development – a network theory lens
It is Brooks’s Law1 that states adding more people to a failing project to bring it back on track will only make things worse. It’s an idea that can sound… Read more
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On the warp and weft of social change: a personal legacy
For reasons lost to the unfathomable workings of my subconscious I came back from a run today with this idea that structures of change are like the warp and weft… Read more
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On buying behaviour change
I’m gaining weight. Deliberately, mind you. I’ve always found it hard, but I’m pretty dedicated. Once I reach a level considered clinically obese, I’ll have placed myself in the same… Read more
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On the rhythms of the day (explorations of time and pace)
Doesn’t the arc of nature’s day have a special, cyclical rhythm? On to which we impose our more linear human take on the day. I’ve woken up wondering what might… Read more
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On Thursdays
Thursdays were always my favourite. Not by default, as a consolation prize after all the other days of the week were ruled out, but because they always seemed to generate… Read more
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On putting your team together
I remember being lined up in the playground at primary school with the team captains at the front of the group, taking it in turns to pick people for the… Read more
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Ian Burbidge. 