Monthly Archives: February 2019

Guide to the Social Age 2019: Trust

Posted on February 28, 2019 by julianstodd

This is the sixth in a series of articles exploring my new Map of the Social Age for 2019. Today, i’m writing about ‘trust’. nearly 30 months ago, i kicked off the global ‘Landscape of Trust’ research project, to explore … Continue reading →

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Guide to the Social Age 2019: Inequality

Posted on February 26, 2019 by julianstodd

This is the fifth in a series of articles exploring my new Map of the Social Age for 2019. This work is iterative and cumulative, so my most recent writing builds upon the foundational trends i have explored over the … Continue reading →

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Guide to the Social Age 2019: Algorithmic Wars

Posted on February 25, 2019 by julianstodd

This is the fourth in a series of articles exploring ‘The Social Age 2019’. I redraw the map every year, so the work is cumulative over time. Today, Algorithmic War: how our evolving relationship with knowledge is shifting everything. Humans … Continue reading →

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Guide to the Social Age 2019: Community

Posted on February 21, 2019 by julianstodd

This post is one of a series exploring aspects of the Social Age, written as i complete the sketch map for 2019. Community: I position the ‘Social Age’ as built upon the foundations of the Digital one. Technology connects us … Continue reading →

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Guide to the Social Age 2019: Belief

Posted on February 20, 2019 by julianstodd

This post is one of a series exploring aspects of the Social Age, written as i complete the sketch map for 2019. Belief: Organisations exist in many different ways. They are legal entities, which give them security and defined power, … Continue reading →

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Guide to the Social Age 2019: Certainty

Posted on February 19, 2019 by julianstodd

I’m working on a new Guide to the Social Age, 2019, and am sharing a series of posts around some of the core areas. Today, exploring the notion of ‘Certainty’. Certainty: this is a bedrock notion, that the ‘ways we … Continue reading →

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The Social Age 2019: #WorkingOutLoud on the new map

Posted on February 18, 2019 by julianstodd

My work is set in the context of The Social Age: a broad term to describe our evolved ecosystem. New structures of work, of social organisation, of learning, leadership, and connectivity. Each year i redraw my map of the Social … Continue reading →

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Worth A Thousand Words?

Posted on February 7, 2019 by julianstodd

Some stories are meant to carry their meaning to a wide audience: they seek clarity, using images, metaphor, analogy, and prose, to provide clarity of understanding. They hope that ‘message sent’ is ‘message received’. Technology has driven us to ever … Continue reading →

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One Of Ten Thousand: Which Step Will You Take?

Posted on February 6, 2019 by julianstodd

Of whatever magnitude desired, change most often starts with ourselves: whilst we plan for scale and effect, the reality is that the ten thousand steps to change form a daunting pathway. To ask ‘which step will you take’ can form … Continue reading →

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Mapping the Social Age

Posted on February 5, 2019 by julianstodd

At the start of every year, i redraw the map of the Social Age, to reflect my current understanding of the landscape. But every year remains a sketch map: this is an evolving landscape, like the face of a glacier. … Continue reading →

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