Tag Archives: complexity

Learning Ecosystems: #WorkingOutLoud on Learning Science

Posted on December 12, 2022 by julianstodd

This post is part of #WorkingOutLoud on the Learning Science Guidebook, and considers the notion of the Learning Ecosystem. This section has taken us a couple of weeks to write, with two of our evening ‘workshops’ to kick it around. … Continue reading →

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Inconvenient Truths

Posted on October 5, 2022 by julianstodd

Just because something is easy to understand does not make it true, and, conversely, just because something is complex, incomplete, and distasteful to our current conception of the truth, that discomfort alone does not make it wrong. Whilst we enjoy … Continue reading →

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The Apple

Posted on October 3, 2022 by julianstodd

I was looking through a book with my three year old at the weekend, and he saw a medieval illustration depicting someone standing next to an apple tree. He asked me “why is that man putting apples in a tree?”. … Continue reading →

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Clinging On

Posted on August 16, 2022 by julianstodd

On holiday last week i found myself walking down a green lane in Wales, clearly an ancient boundary. The road was sunk down maybe ten feet, eroded by the feet and hooves of countless journeys, topped by a mound of … Continue reading →

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Confusion, Cascades and Combinant Effects

Posted on April 6, 2022 by julianstodd

Whilst attributed to Gene Kranz, Mission Controller for Apollo, the quote ‘Failure is not an option’ was actually penned by the screenwriters of the 1995 Apollo 13 film. Kranz just liked it so much that he claimed it back for … Continue reading →

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The Human Within Failure, Complexity and Control

Posted on April 5, 2022 by julianstodd

Later today i’ll deliver the first workshop around Failure, Complexity and Control: i’m as ready as i will ever be, and excited to share it. I wanted to share a final reflection on this work before it’s first outing, largely … Continue reading →

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Failure, Complexity and Control

Posted on March 31, 2022 by julianstodd

With some irony, i am deep in complexity as i design a workshop for next week of the same name: this is a familiar feeling. Typically i start by trying to ‘say’ too much – too many slides, too many … Continue reading →

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In Search of Risk

Posted on February 22, 2022 by julianstodd

The term ‘Risk’ defines our exposure to danger, but it’s held in many different ways, in many different spaces, and through varied mechanisms. Many of our forward facing conversations, about change, about innovation, about leadership, involve aspects of risk, some … Continue reading →

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#WorkingOutLoud – The Learning Organisation [Pt 2]

Posted on April 21, 2021 by julianstodd

Recently i shared the earliest iteration of a new body of work around ‘The Learning Organisation’. It centred around five aspects of the Learning Organisation [‘Evidence Informed’, ‘Reflective and Measured’, ‘Capability Building’, ‘Adaptive and Evolutionary’, ‘Framed and Looped’], surrounded by … Continue reading →

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Complexity and Belief

Posted on March 10, 2020 by julianstodd

This is a #WorkingOutLoud post exploring complexity, and the role of belief: it relates to several broader strands of work that explore the social structure of Organisations, and the mechanisms of change. At heart, Organisations are made up of components, … Continue reading →

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