Summer Reading Selection 2017
Ahhh summer. The promise of lazy days, quality time with friends and family, and the opportunity to delve into a […]
Do you have your own fool?
Recent political events have shown us all again how dangerous it is to surround ourselves with a closed circle who […]
Living Life on Purpose
Steven Covey (in his less well known book, “First Things First”) asks the question: “Do you live your life by […]
Are you sleepwalking your way into professional prostitution?
I was part horrified and part fascinated. We were in a workshop entitled Transforming the Self and the System. Our […]
Why Holons matter in Organisational Development: Stacey and Oshry
A colleague of mine recently sent me complexity theorist Ralph Stacey’s short video on the paradoxes of organisational life, and the importance […]
Reflections on ‘Making Teal Real’ Workshop
In a full day of study, Jon and Jackie successfully managed the hopes and fears of experienced practitioners, complete newbies … and people, […]
Theory U and You
The following poem was written at the Presenting Institute U-Theory Foundation Program in March 2017… To move from a here […]
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall…
Dateline June 9th 2017, the morning after the UK election. The results of yesterday’s votes are, for the moment, a […]
Our future needs Systems Leadership
The recent General Election result in the UK highlights more than ever that we are living in a VUCA world; […]
Lessons from Winnie the Pooh on navigating complexity
What does “navigating complexity” look like? For the last 20 years my specialism has been to work in situations that […]
Spiral Dynamics: navigation for our turbulent times
Are you sitting comfortably? Few of us are, I suspect. It is hard to look at the world without concern. […]
What is an Organisation really?
‘To organise’ is a verb, from which we have created a noun, ‘organisation’ but what is an organisation really? It’s […]