Monthly Archives: February 2024

Gathering Pebbles

Posted on February 29, 2024 by julianstodd

I’m preparing for the London Dereliction Walk that i’ll run in a couple of weeks time, and found myself talking about ‘pebbles’. For the event, we walk through the city, looking at ‘Boundaries’, thinking about ‘Voice’, and considering the ‘Shadows’. … Continue reading →

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Leadership: Motion – Difference – Bridging

Posted on February 27, 2024 by julianstodd

Considering leadership as motion: not simply within one system, but between spaces. At the boundary. Some fragments of thought around this: Silence as a sharp tool: the ways that silence is felt, imposed, explored. The role of leader to create … Continue reading →

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Building

Posted on February 26, 2024 by julianstodd

Instead of doing what i should have been doing – writing – i spent today working on the new studio with Rich. I realised recently that most days i’m recording video for something, and am always ‘making do’ with the … Continue reading →

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The Limits of State

Posted on February 21, 2024 by julianstodd

As part of a body of work on ‘Whole of Society’, i’ve been considering the nature of our societal structures, and their evolution in the context of the Social Age. I’ve written about this before, in terms of ‘Society – … Continue reading →

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What Does Society Ask Of You?

Posted on February 19, 2024 by julianstodd

We are obliged to do certain things by law, and others by convention. I pay my tax. Which is demanded of me. But what else is expected? The notion of ‘pro-social’ behaviours are those that promote the wellbeing of society … Continue reading →

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The Social Leader As Bridge Builder

Posted on February 15, 2024 by julianstodd

Social Leadership happens at the intersection of systems: yesterday i wrote about ‘boundaries’ and ‘trespass’, about the things that bleed across those boundaries, and how leadership can be an act of motion, crossing over. Today i want to expand on … Continue reading →

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Social Leadership: Trespass and Boundary

Posted on February 14, 2024 by julianstodd

We live within boundaries, both natural and manmade. Rivers and mountains create divisions, as do politics and religion. Wealth and class hold us apart, as do the permission on IT systems, and the power held in our job title. When … Continue reading →

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WorkingOutLoud on Imperfect Leadership

Posted on February 13, 2024 by julianstodd

In my recent work around Social Leadership i find myself coming back time and again to the notion of ‘imperfection’. I find that this is typically (if subconsciously) a way of developing, rehearsing, or refining, vocabulary. Building a language around … Continue reading →

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Motion, Interconnection, Boundary

Posted on February 12, 2024 by julianstodd

My weekend was fragmentary, not in time, but space. I collaborated with a few different friends on a few different writing projects, all around the world. We did not speak, except through asynchronous comments, but we nonetheless were in dialogue. … Continue reading →

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500 Days of Social Leadership

Posted on February 8, 2024 by julianstodd

I published the 500th episode of Social Leadership Daily over on Substack this morning. Which sounds like a lot, but when you consider that each episode is only one minute long, maybe it’s not. Each day gives a question, a … Continue reading →

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