Monthly Archives: November 2018

#WorkingOutLoud on the ‘Modern Learning Capabilitites’ Programme

Posted on November 28, 2018 by julianstodd

Today i am #WorkingOutLoud, sharing a draft design for a programme i’m developing for next year: it’s a comprehensive exploration of Modern Learning. This is incomplete work, but sharing as part of my own reflection. Module 1: The evolution of … Continue reading →

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Story Handles

Posted on November 27, 2018 by julianstodd

A ‘Story Handle’ is something that you can grab hold of: it’s a notion that i am developing as part of the work around ‘Storytelling in Social Leadership’: today, i’m sharing a reflection upon that. Some stories fly, whilst others … Continue reading →

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The Six O’Clock Community: Transient Infrastructure

Posted on November 26, 2018 by julianstodd

It’s rare that i still find the Blue Frog setting up, but a particularly early start today meant that they were still hanging signs and fixing the tent. The coffee, when it landed, was perfect. A carefully choreographed start to … Continue reading →

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Leading with Trust

Posted on November 22, 2018 by julianstodd

Just a fragment of writing today: i have no expectation that this will be a definitive exploration. I shared some of the newer work on ‘Leading with Trust’ today, at an HR conference. I’m intending to develop this out further … Continue reading →

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Remnants

Posted on November 21, 2018 by julianstodd

I spent last week driving through the Highlands, moving between fishing villages and towns, themselves a legacy of the Clearances, where rural populations were displaced by acquisitive land owners, appropriating the commons. The shoreside settlements thrived on salmon and herring, … Continue reading →

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The Wheel

Posted on November 20, 2018 by julianstodd

Discarded and decayed: most farms have this corner, the space where things are left. Not intentionally to rot, but a purposeless place. Things that have run their course. Mangled machinery. Broken down, perhaps with a vague notion that it will … Continue reading →

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The New York Dereliction Walk: Failure, Innovation, and Social Movements for Change

Posted on November 7, 2018 by julianstodd

Things change: the cities, towns, and rural landscapes that we live within do not form a passive backdrop to our actions, but rather cast a sharp shadow from them. Today i am sharing my full notes and research for ‘The … Continue reading →

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Apollo

Posted on November 6, 2018 by julianstodd

The Saturn 5 rocket, the one that lofted Armstrong, Collins, and Aldrin, into space and set them on the path to the moon, had more than three million parts to it. It’s sometimes reckoned to be the most complex machine … Continue reading →

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Why Storytelling

Posted on November 5, 2018 by julianstodd

Stories are not just words. They are ideas, they carry meaning. A story can reinforce and confirm those things that you already know to be true, it can open up new areas for us to recognise our own ignorance within, … Continue reading →

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