Category Archives: Challenge

Ecosystem change & Organisational Design [part 1]

Posted on March 19, 2018 by julianstodd

Where will we go, beyond Organisations? Much Organisational Design today is based upon outdated principles of collectivism, and effect at scale, through hierarchy and control, in a world that sees the democratisation of innovation, a rebalancing of power, and evolved … Continue reading →

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Dimensions of Disruption

Posted on December 4, 2017 by julianstodd

Last week i shared an initial sketch of a framework around ‘dual paradigms of disruption’: the notion is that we are seeing two aspects of change, the first being disruption within our constructed systems (organisations), and the second being disruption … Continue reading →

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Separation of Space

Posted on June 21, 2016 by julianstodd

Over dinner tonight, someone described their commute to work: he said he cycled out of the office, through the converted industrial district, former mills and warehouses, now upmarket advertising agencies and web designers, then over the bridge, through suburbia and … Continue reading →

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In the Social Age, who structures your career? What should you learn?

Posted on January 31, 2014 by julianstodd

Some journeys are easy: you get on one train and sit for hours until you reach the destination. Others, substantially more difficult: multiple changes, some at tiny stations where you’re sat in the rain for half an hour, then a … Continue reading →

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Longevity, expertise and position: the subversive power of reputation

Posted on January 13, 2014 by julianstodd

Working today on Chapter 2 of the new book, ‘Learning and working in the Social Age‘. Sharing here the start of a section on how reputation, forged in communities, subverts more formal models of power and authority. The links will … Continue reading →

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We all make mistakes: it’s what you learn from them that counts

Posted on November 8, 2013 by julianstodd

Clearing out the attic this week made me realise the number of things i’ve got wrong over my life: the places and ways in which i’ve failed. School reports chart mediocre performance in chemistry and maths, a lack of engagement … Continue reading →

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Creating the space to think

Posted on October 22, 2013 by julianstodd

We can’t take the value of our thinking for granted: it doesn’t just happen. It’s like growing tomatoes. You have to plant them in the right compost, you need the right amount of sunshine, you have to water and feed … Continue reading →

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The co-ownership of #change

Posted on October 8, 2013 by julianstodd

Change is a difficult thing, resisted by both systems and people. We crave stability, the status quo. Within our everyday lives, meaning is created in the moment: founded on knowledge and experience. It’s forged within communities and evidenced through action. … Continue reading →

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Uncertainty is the only constant

Posted on October 2, 2013 by julianstodd

The Social Age is about constant change: the evolving nature of work, a changed relationship with knowledge, agile technology and the blurring of the space between formal and informal spaces. This is not a period of transition between stable states: … Continue reading →

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As worlds collide: formal and informal spaces in the Social Age

Posted on September 25, 2013 by julianstodd

To understand the realities of the Social Age, we have to recognise that the boundaries between the formal and informal spaces in our lives have substantially collapsed. We inhabit a grey space where our communities, connections and conversations cross both. … Continue reading →

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