Tag Archives: Decision Making

Diagnosis and Holding Ambiguity

Posted on November 30, 2021 by julianstodd

Within our modern Organisations, we do not simply need a capability to ‘do’, so much as an ability to ‘diagnose’. To take a look at the seemingly familiar, simple, or one dimensional, and to understand it in terms of broader … Continue reading →

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Loops of Leadership

Posted on January 8, 2019 by julianstodd

Engineers describe two types of system: ‘open’ and ‘closed’ loops. In an open loop system, there are inputs, and outputs, but no feedback. The systems presses on regardless. In a closed loop system, part of the output is fed back, … Continue reading →

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Change Curve: The Dynamic Change Process [Part 4] – Adaptation

Posted on September 15, 2015 by julianstodd

I’m coming towards the end of my broad exploration of Change in the Social Age. I started out by looking at the manifestations we see of change: ‘Resistant‘, where it’s squashed, ‘Constrained‘, where it’s lethargic and limited, and ‘Dynamic‘, which … Continue reading →

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Framework for Fairness: A model for fair decision making in business

Posted on October 22, 2014 by julianstodd

Some notions seem obvious: the need to be fair, the need to do right. And yet in our societies we are not equal. We fail to do the right thing on many levels, not because we are bad people, but … Continue reading →

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Creating the space to think

Posted on October 22, 2013 by julianstodd

We can’t take the value of our thinking for granted: it doesn’t just happen. It’s like growing tomatoes. You have to plant them in the right compost, you need the right amount of sunshine, you have to water and feed … Continue reading →

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