Tag Archives: Challenge

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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10 Reasons For Social Leadership

Posted on July 9, 2016 by julianstodd

As we move ever further into the Social Age, those mechanisms of power and control that got us this far will not be enough to get us the rest of the way: alongside hierarchy and system, we need community and … 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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A Little Bit of Rebellion

Posted on October 9, 2015 by julianstodd

I found this chair in a shoe shop, of all places: incitement to rebel, a challenge to live a little. It’s an interesting things rebellion: a force for change, an upsetting of the apple cart. Highly contextual: lead the rebellion … Continue reading →

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Reflections from Learning Solutions Day 2: Responding to challenge

Posted on March 26, 2015 by julianstodd

The second day of Learning Solutions and i’ve delivered my fourth and final session. Themes: how do we engage communities, how do we respond to challenge, how do we make it safe? I thought i’d capture some ideas around this … Continue reading →

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Who Ya Gonna Call?

Posted on November 7, 2014 by julianstodd

The chances are, it’s not Ghostbusters. Where do we turn when we have a question? Into our communities. Questions i’ve seen in the last few weeks include: Alex, who took a photo of a mushroom, shared it on Facebook to … Continue reading →

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Subversive social communities to drive organisational change

Posted on March 18, 2014 by julianstodd

Communities are on my mind this week: we interact with them in so many ways, find them in so many places and achieve so much within and alongside them (which is why they sit at the heart of Social Leadership). … Continue reading →

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Sense making and storytelling

Posted on March 14, 2014 by julianstodd

I’ve spent this week celebrating my 750th blog post by running a series of workshops around core topics: learning design, social leadership, culture and change. These have been great fun events: sharing, learning, making new friends and catching up with … Continue reading →

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A methodology for learning. Part 8 – Case Study

Posted on August 2, 2013 by julianstodd

I’ve spent the last couple of weeks running through each of the six steps of my learning methodology. To round things off, i wanted to share a case study, to show a practical application of this thinking. The project i’m … Continue reading →

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Building a marketplace for ideas: #diversity for social learning

Posted on July 9, 2013 by julianstodd

Communities are built on consensus: they tolerate difference and thrive on diversity, but only within limits. Stretch them too far and there will be a break. I’ve been revisiting ideas around community, moderation and the creation of meaning this week … Continue reading →

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