Monthly Archives: October 2014

Halloween: the Perils of Pumpkins

Posted on October 31, 2014 by julianstodd

I’m impressed by the quality of pumpkins on show: i think it’s a Facebook thing. Competition has definitely hotted up these last few years as my friends settle down to have children and our attempts to compete on the bike … Continue reading →

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The Ladder to Leadership

Posted on October 30, 2014 by julianstodd

Where does it start? You reply to the advert, get an interview, shortlisted and complete the psychometrics. You get the letter and go through induction, new starter, first team leadership role and finally management. A function, a department, a Division, … Continue reading →

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The #SocialAge Safari: a Learning Conference in 2015

Posted on October 28, 2014 by julianstodd

In April next year, i’m curating a new conference: it’s called the Social Age Safari and it’s a 2 day, open session conference where we will co-create a narrative around the new realities of learning and leading. It’s designed to … Continue reading →

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Belief: how do we choose what’s true?

Posted on October 28, 2014 by julianstodd

The gap between what we believe to be true and what’s really true can be significant: i’m not talking about religion, but rather in the stories we understand about organisations. The space they create around themselves for communities to form … Continue reading →

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Reflection: why fairness?

Posted on October 23, 2014 by julianstodd

I’ve spent most of this week writing about fairness. It’s a simple notion, but one that sits at the heart of social responsibility. Being fair is about consideration and transparency. It still means making tough decisions that people won’t like, … Continue reading →

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Framework for Fairness: A model for fair decision making in business

Posted on October 22, 2014 by julianstodd

Some notions seem obvious: the need to be fair, the need to do right. And yet in our societies we are not equal. We fail to do the right thing on many levels, not because we are bad people, but … Continue reading →

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A Framework for Fairness: Introduction

Posted on October 21, 2014 by julianstodd

I’ve been working today to expand my ideas around ‘fairness’, what it means to factor being fair into leadership. I’ve been writing and drawing all day… it’s late… i’m not done yet… so in the spirit of #WorkingOutLoud, i’m sharing … Continue reading →

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Ignorance or Bliss?

Posted on October 20, 2014 by julianstodd

There are many things i do not know and will never learn. Algebra remains a mystery. String theory. Piano. I have never learnt to ride a motorbike. I do not know how to program in C+ and i don’t even … Continue reading →

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Building a culture of sharing

Posted on October 17, 2014 by julianstodd

In an open culture, we share: we share our successes, our failures, and the respective paths we took to achieve both. The end point is incidental to the act: it’s the mindset of sharing that helps us to be more … Continue reading →

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Social and Fair: being unheard in the Social Age

Posted on October 15, 2014 by julianstodd

When i wrote my first book, ‘Exploring the World of Social Learning‘, i started it by saying how we live in a grey space: between the formal worlds of work and the social lives we inhabit outside of it. Increasingly, … Continue reading →

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