Monthly Archives: November 2021

Diagnosis and Holding Ambiguity

Posted on November 30, 2021 by julianstodd

Within our modern Organisations, we do not simply need a capability to ‘do’, so much as an ability to ‘diagnose’. To take a look at the seemingly familiar, simple, or one dimensional, and to understand it in terms of broader … Continue reading →

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19 Sub Questions on ’The Future of Work’

Posted on November 25, 2021 by julianstodd

Yesterday i shared a series of questions around the first two elements of this framework – it’s an enquiry framework for Teams to explore what type of ‘future of work’ they desire. Today, i’m adding a second layer of sub … Continue reading →

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8 Questions on the Future of Work

Posted on November 24, 2021 by julianstodd

I’ve been working on an enquiry framework to explore ‘The Future of Work’. Today i am sharing a first draft of the first half of that. It’s based around 8 questions – and for each i include context and an … Continue reading →

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Framework for the Future of Work

Posted on November 23, 2021 by julianstodd

In a series of articles i am exploring the conversation about the ‘Future of Work’, moving beyond a simple conversation about ‘where’ work happens, into a broader examination of ‘how’, and even ‘why’. The overarching narrative here is about the … Continue reading →

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The Future of Work – what Binds us to the Past?

Posted on November 22, 2021 by julianstodd

Last week i shared an introduction to a new body of work around ‘The Work of Place’, exploring perspectives on the Future of Work. The intent of this work is to move beyond the primary analysis of ‘where work takes … Continue reading →

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The Future of Work – The Work of Place

Posted on November 18, 2021 by julianstodd

Around the world, both very publicly and quietly in private, Organisations are struggling to figure out what the future of work looks like. It’s a challenge that conflates a number of elements: where will work take place, how will work … Continue reading →

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Learning: Navigation and Sense Making

Posted on November 17, 2021 by julianstodd

Within a Scaffolded Social Learning approach we seek to balance structure with exploration by using a series of ‘spaces’ and ‘gateways’, thus helping to maintain tempo. Within this, i have been using language around ‘Navigation’ and ‘Sense Making’, and the … Continue reading →

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Foundations of Social Leadership

Posted on November 16, 2021 by julianstodd

My work is iterative and evolutionary, developing in response to new thinking, new research, and simply in response to discovering that parts of it are wrong. I share this work and thinking as i go, and this space, on the … Continue reading →

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Shifts in Organisational Learning – The Nature of your Strength

Posted on November 15, 2021 by julianstodd

One of the innovations that allowed the Apollo spacecraft to journey to the moon was the development of a new generation of gyroscopes that formed part of the inertial navigation system. Essentially they formed part of a system that allowed … Continue reading →

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Broad Shifts in Organisational Learning – #3 Through The Cracks

Posted on November 11, 2021 by julianstodd

I am using a series of posts to explore broad shifts in Organisational Learning (as part of a wider discussion around the evolution of the Organisation itself). I find it increasingly difficult to separate conversations about ‘learning’ from the other … Continue reading →

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