Category Archives: Authority

Authenticity of Action

Posted on August 4, 2021 by julianstodd

I’ve spent the last couple of years trying to learn how to be a good parent. Overall, i think it’s gone ok. Small people are reasonably pliable if you figure out the reward mechanisms. Although sometimes entirely unfathomable. As my … Continue reading →

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Black Swans: Disruption of Power. A #WorkingOutLoud post

Posted on February 24, 2017 by julianstodd

As this is a writing week, i’m focussed on long form writing, so not writing much new just for the blog (which i count as my ‘first reflective space‘, my daily musings). Instead, i’m #WorkingOutLoud and sharing elements of the … Continue reading →

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Future of HR: Guided Not Governed

Posted on November 7, 2016 by julianstodd

There’s a key phrase i use in the core illustrations around the Socially Dynamic Organisation: that it’s ‘guided‘, not ‘governed‘. This harks back to the core need for change: we must dismantle the Victorian legacy of accreted power that plagues … Continue reading →

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Disrupting Power

Posted on July 22, 2016 by julianstodd

I am writing today about power, about different forms of power, and the structures that it is held within. This relates to a number of strands of work that I’m exploring at the moment, from resilience, to Social Leadership, and … Continue reading →

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#WorkingOutLoud – The False Comfort of Category Errors

Posted on May 5, 2016 by julianstodd

Sharing the outputs from another early stage writing session around the Dynamic Response Framework: it’s a piece of more academic writing i’m doing for the IITSEC Conference for a paper entitled ‘Black Swans and the Limits of Hierarchy’. The premise … Continue reading →

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#WorkingOutLoud – Black Swans and the Limits of Hierarchy

Posted on May 4, 2016 by julianstodd

A very early stage #WorkingOutLoud post today as i start work on a more academic paper entitled ‘Black Swans and the Limits of Hierarchy’. I’m not going to get into much detail here, but the notion of ‘black swan’ events, … Continue reading →

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Spotlight on the Social Age: Authenticity

Posted on February 1, 2016 by julianstodd

In the Map of the Social Age, ‘Authenticity’ is special location. It’s special because it’s hard to find. Authenticity is almost intangible, and yet easy to spot when it’s missing. It gives you nothing in return, and yet without it … Continue reading →

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Change Curve: Lighthouses

Posted on November 11, 2015 by julianstodd

The flickering beam of light in the darkness would have been the cause of celebration for many a sailor: a lighthouse, projecting it’s location many miles out to sea, carrying both direction and hope. Lighthouses are tall, strongly built to … Continue reading →

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Change Curve: Grounding your Authenticity

Posted on October 21, 2015 by julianstodd

The Change model i’ve been exploring over the past few months outlines three manifestations of change within an organisation: they can be ‘Resistant‘ to it, ‘Constrained‘ by it, or become ‘Dynamic‘. To start the journey to Dynamic, we start by … Continue reading →

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CIPD Show 2015 Day 2: Power and Control

Posted on May 14, 2015 by julianstodd

“But what will the boss say?” Today is my second day at the CIPD show in London. Yesterday i charted a range of themes and conversations that i felt were prevalent. Today, i wanted to draw together a different perspective: … Continue reading →

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