Tag Archives: Black Swans

States of Innovation

Posted on May 22, 2018 by julianstodd

I’m grounding my new work around Innovation in two frameworks: ‘States of Innovation’, and ‘Cultural Agility’. Today, i want to explore States of Innovation further, a model which uses a grid to explore the current state in relation to two … 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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Dual Paradigms of Disruption: System vs Ecosystem Change

Posted on November 29, 2017 by julianstodd

This week i’ve been sharing my most recent writing around ‘Black Swans: Disruptions in Power’ at a conference in the US. This work is about types of disruption, the underlying power behind that disruption, and the inability of formal systems … Continue reading →

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Resilience: Technology, Community, and Power

Posted on March 23, 2017 by julianstodd

I’m working on a new session to deliver this afternoon around resilience in organisations: our ability to become less brittle in the face of asymmetric and unknown disruption. I’m primarily concerned with linking up three separate streams of work: the … 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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Risk

Posted on November 30, 2016 by julianstodd

I’m highly nervous: tomorrow morning i present the work on Black Swans and the Limits of Hierarchy. And i made the mistake of rehearsing it. I am very rarely nervous: i spend a good chunk of my time in conversations. … 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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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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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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Narrative Loops: Disruptive Power

Posted on May 12, 2016 by julianstodd

I’ve been #WorkingOutLoud for a few days around a paper i’m writing on ‘Black Swans and the Limits of Hierarchy’. Please note that this is a very early stage #WorkingOutLoud post and, as such, not that good yet… feel free … Continue reading →

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