Tag Archives: Consequence

The Power and Pride of Being Right

Posted on December 16, 2021 by julianstodd

Few of us like to be wrong, and yet we so often are. To be wrong can feel like being ‘found out’, or like somehow showing a weakness or failing. Most of us would rather be found out to be … Continue reading →

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The Role of Consequence in Learning

Posted on February 4, 2021 by julianstodd

We all experience consequence: the result of our actions, imposed upon us, often unavoidable. Consequence acts as a limiter or moderator of our actions. At 21 months, my son is busy learning what consequence means, and i am busy trying … Continue reading →

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Aspects of Learning, Rehearsal, and Performance

Posted on February 11, 2020 by julianstodd

Yesterday i provided an overview of how a Socially Dynamic Organisation will retain three clearly differentiated spaces, each of which is adequately supported, led, and engaged in, both by formal leadership, and individual members. The ability to hold these spaces … Continue reading →

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Cultural Graffiti: A 5 Day Experiment – Day 4 – Silent Voices

Posted on January 23, 2020 by julianstodd

This is Day 4 of a 5 Day Experiment that i am sharing around ‘Cultural Graffiti’. You can jump in here, or revisit the first post from Monday. Some voices are always loud, whilst others are silent, or silenced. Consider … Continue reading →

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Domain to Dynamic: A New Model of Organisational Design [Pt 1]

Posted on December 2, 2019 by julianstodd

The design of our Organisations of today is largely a legacy of industrial design, and the search for effectiveness at scale: it is a model that has served us well into the Digital Age, but may fall short in the … Continue reading →

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Engaging Power [2]: Gangs

Posted on July 31, 2018 by julianstodd

What is a gang? A social structure, certainly, with defined membership, and rituals surrounding that. A structure with hierarchy, either formally defined, or discovered through experience, either fixed, or fluid. Territorial: a gang is associated with a subset of geography, … Continue reading →

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The Control of Consequence

Posted on May 16, 2018 by julianstodd

‘Consequence’ is a dominant force that acts upon us: our sense of ‘formal’ consequence, that which is applied by and within the hierarchy, and ‘social’ consequence, that which is applied by our community itself. Of the two, i suspect that … Continue reading →

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Types of Power: Manifestations of Control

Posted on August 31, 2017 by julianstodd

I’m reflecting on inertia today: many organisations desire agility, want to change, intend to do better, and yet fall to constraint. Within the work on the Socially Dynamic Organisation, ‘constraint’ is a state of well intentioned inability: an inability to … Continue reading →

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The Sphere of Consequence

Posted on August 17, 2017 by julianstodd

I’ve been reflecting on consequence: how it’s owned, how it’s applied, and it’s role in engagement and trust. I’ve previously described a ‘sphere of consequence’, the notion that we each exist within a sphere, a bubble of consequence, part of … Continue reading →

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Outside The Sphere Of Consequence

Posted on September 23, 2016 by julianstodd

One artefact of culture is to create spheres of consequence: if you are within the sphere you experience the consequence that the culture imposes upon you, whilst if you are outside of it the consequence is almost entirely irrelevant. One … Continue reading →

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