Monthly Archives: July 2018

Engaging Power [2]: Gangs

Posted on July 31, 2018 by julianstodd

What is a gang? A social structure, certainly, with defined membership, and rituals surrounding that. A structure with hierarchy, either formally defined, or discovered through experience, either fixed, or fluid. Territorial: a gang is associated with a subset of geography, … Continue reading →

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Engaging Power [1]: Conflict

Posted on July 30, 2018 by julianstodd

To think that gangs are an aberration, or impermanent structure, is a mistake: they are stable social structures, governed by the same bonding mechanisms as the local church, or regional police force. They are structures of power, partly formalised, partly … Continue reading →

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Extraditing Values: Convenient Principles

Posted on July 26, 2018 by julianstodd

The UK government has confirmed that it will extradite two terrorist suspects to the US, without demanding a guarantee that they won’t face the death penalty. This is unusual: as a point of principle, the UK does not support the … Continue reading →

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What Will We See?

Posted on July 25, 2018 by julianstodd

I’m making good progress with ‘The Change Handbook: building the Socially Dynamic Organisation’, as i work through version 24 of the full manuscript. As i’m heavily into book writing this week, no new content for the blog, but instead i … Continue reading →

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Social Leadership: Citizenship

Posted on July 18, 2018 by julianstodd

Yesterday i reflected on democracy, our structures of representation, and the ways in which they are adapting, which led me today to consider ‘citizenship’, a reflection on responsibility, as well as rights. I’ve tentatively contextualised this within Social Leadership, to … Continue reading →

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The Death of Democracy

Posted on July 17, 2018 by julianstodd

Fake news, foreign intervention, echo chambers, big data and analytics, you’d be forgiven for assuming that we are witnessing the death of democracy, the final gasp of liberal societies first, and best, hope, assailed unaccountably by social tech and evil … Continue reading →

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The Social Punks Podcast: Update

Posted on July 16, 2018 by julianstodd

I wrote the other week about a series of six podcasts that i’m working on: they each explore a broad aspect of the Social Age, but with a punk perspective. In other words, they look at broadly what is happening, … Continue reading →

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The Table

Posted on July 12, 2018 by julianstodd

I have a new table, to sit at when i write. It’s a beautiful thing, engineered from English oak, a wide expanse of pale wood, not even oiled. I spend most of my time travelling, writing in cafes, airports, on … Continue reading →

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Kickstarter Update: The Trust Sketchbook

Posted on July 11, 2018 by julianstodd

I’ve spent all day today illustrating the bespoke covers, and handmade elements for the Kickstarter backers of The Trust Sketchbook, so i have to admit that my creative muscles are flagging a little! I’ve drawn all of the ‘Trust Trees’, … Continue reading →

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Context of the Social Age

Posted on July 10, 2018 by julianstodd

I’m editing ‘The Change Handbook’ today, and decided to rewrite the whole chapter on ‘The Social Age’. In this post, i share the new version, with the original content after it. This is part of #WorkingOutLoud, and i’m glad i … Continue reading →

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