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Tag Archives: complexity
Confusion, Cascades and Combinant Effects
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
Posted in Failure
Tagged Apollo, Book, Complex, complexity, Control, Failure, Leadership, Moon
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The Human Within Failure, Complexity and Control
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
Failure, Complexity and Control
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
In Search of Risk
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
#WorkingOutLoud – The Learning Organisation [Pt 2]
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
Posted in Learning
Tagged complexity, Culture, Domains, Leadership, Learning, Learning Organisation
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Complexity and Belief
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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Tagged Complex, complexity, Failure, Leadership, Organisational Design, People
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Leadership Reflections from Apollo at 50: Failure, Complexity, and Control
This post is #WorkingOutLoud, sharing a draft chapter from my upcoming Social Age Guidebook on ‘Apollo: Leadership Reflections from the Space Race’. It’s not proofed or finalised yet, so please treat it kindly. “Failure is not an option” is the … Continue reading
Posted in Apollo
Tagged Apollo, Apollo at 50, complexity, Control, Engineering, Failure, Gene Kranz, Moon, Moon Landings, Saturn V, Systems
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Apollo
The Saturn 5 rocket, the one that lofted Armstrong, Collins, and Aldrin, into space and set them on the path to the moon, had more than three million parts to it. It’s sometimes reckoned to be the most complex machine … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure
Tagged Apollo, Apollo Landings, Buzz Aldrin, complexity, Exploration, Failure, Michael Collins, Neil Armstrong, Rockets, Saturn V, Space, Systems
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Reflecting On Radical Complexity
Yesterday i published a major piece around ‘radical complexity’, and considering whether some organisations can become ‘too big to succeed’. Today, i’ve shared part of that work in a Masterclass, specifically the thoughts around scale: that the formal structure of … Continue reading
A State Of Radical Complexity
When the banks collapsed in the last financial crisis, there was a phrase bandied about, that some were ‘too big to fail’. This week i’ve been pondering something of the opposite: are some organisations ‘too big to succeed’. I’m not … Continue reading
Posted in Complexity
Tagged Change, Complex, complexity, Control, Organisational Design, Power
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