Tag Archives: Culture

Why Kindness Counts

Posted on May 17, 2018 by

Again, today, i found myself shying away from saying ‘kindness counts’, or rather i found myself apologising for saying it. Whenever i use the term, i fear it sounds weak, it sounds like a predictable liberal statement, more about ‘niceness’ … Continue reading →

Posted in Leadership | Tagged , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Citizen of Apple, State of Lego

Posted on May 3, 2018 by

What if you are no longer a citizen of a State? What if ‘citizenship’ has devolved from a binary, to an analogue, status: no longer something you have, or lack, but rather something contextual, more fluid, and perhaps multi faceted. … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Morocco Diary: Connectivity

Posted on April 12, 2018 by

Before landing in Morocco, i read a lot about driving there: what experiences had people had, any particular rules i should know about, things to watch out for, and so on. I learnt a lot, almost all of which turned … Continue reading →

Posted in Writing | Tagged , , , , , , , | 5 Comments

Mythology

Posted on March 22, 2018 by

When we write our story of the past, we memorialise our journey, and this act of ossification is as true for organisations as it is for individuals. We chose one narrative as dominant, selectively filtering to give a coherence that … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

The Friction of Innovation

Posted on March 15, 2018 by

I recently shared a post exploring cultural agility in relation to innovation and disruption: broadly the premise is that different states of innovation may require different manifestations of culture, some of which can co-exist, and some of which sit in … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, Innovation | Tagged , , , | 3 Comments

Cultural Graffiti

Posted on March 5, 2018 by

I’m running a session for only the second time tomorrow, on Cultural Graffiti: it’s an interactive session, with two poets, and a musician, exploring hidden and claimed voices, unheard wisdom, and how formal control can never fully silence social voices. … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, Graffiti | Tagged , | 3 Comments

Organisational Culture

Posted on February 26, 2018 by

Culture is co-created in the moment, through the aggregated actions of every individual. But it’s not constructed in isolation: it is built within a context, a context set by the tribal structures, normalised behaviours, and landscape of consequence, that exists … Continue reading →

Posted in Change, Culture | Tagged , , , , , , | 5 Comments