Category Archives: Adaptability

The Distant View Is Just A Dream

Posted on January 16, 2020 by julianstodd

We can easily invest our belief in a future state: we look through the telescope at green fields and soaring mountains. The water in the river looks sweet, and the forest is verdant. But it’s a dream, a myth. A … Continue reading →

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Ways of Working: Perspective Shift

Posted on October 15, 2019 by julianstodd

A great many Organisations have a focus on future ‘ways of working’: sometimes expressed as a future culture, sometimes as specific digital skills, often as an approach to innovation or change. These programmes represent the normalisation of change, and the … 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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Morocco Diary: Reflections

Posted on April 9, 2018 by julianstodd

You can leave the Sahara but, it appears, it never leaves you. I spent an hour yesterday scouring the seams and pockets of my waxed canvas bag, trying to dislodge the fine grained sand, seemingly stuck by glue to every … Continue reading →

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#Trump – New Mechanics Of Power

Posted on November 9, 2016 by julianstodd

The only thing that seems to be predictable, is unpredictability itself. Donald Trump will be the next president of the United States, a fact that will please some and displease others. Whatever our view of the results of the election, … Continue reading →

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A Question Of Scale

Posted on October 5, 2016 by julianstodd

I took part in an interesting session today, talking about scale. It’s interesting to think about how things scale: we are used to talking about it in terms of technology, can you scale the number of users, can you expand … Continue reading →

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Seattle: An Architecture Of Innovation

Posted on September 30, 2016 by julianstodd

Amazon are building a forest: in the heart of downtown Seattle, beauty emerges, a convoluted scaffolding, sharp sunlight glinting off glass, anodised steel forming perfect spheres. A new building, an architecture of innovation. Three interlinked spheres that will form meeting … Continue reading →

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Resilience: early stage #WorkingOutLoud

Posted on July 1, 2016 by julianstodd

I am working on a new idea around resilience: it’s a future state piece, about the intersection of next generation technology, individual psychology, system adaptability, social filtering (and machine filtering) and other aspects of the Socially Dynamic Organisation could contribute … Continue reading →

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Subverting The System

Posted on May 25, 2016 by julianstodd

When we look at the behaviours of Social Learning communities, or the behaviours we see in the communities around Social Leadership, we see many that carry positive connotations: nurturing, enabling, challenging, supporting, storytelling, sharing, and rehearsing. But one behaviour stands … Continue reading →

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The Limits of Hierarchy: Brittle Systems

Posted on May 23, 2016 by julianstodd

I’ve spent some time over the last few weeks exploring the space of ‘Black Swan’ events and the limits of hierarchy. At the heart of the framework are a series of counterpoint notions: Known Frames (the context we operate within) … Continue reading →

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