Tag Archives: Engagement

Community Building: Developing Vocabulary

Posted on January 7, 2020 by

Building an engaged Community probably requires us to consider two central ideas: firstly, that we do not actually ‘build’ it, and secondly, that there is no one ‘big’ thing to do. At best, we can create space for Community to … Continue reading →

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Pushing Uphill

Posted on November 4, 2019 by

Central to an understanding of social systems is that simply pushing harder is unlikely to impart momentum: you cannot push a community into a new space, or push it to amplify your message. Indeed, to understand stories, power, and coherence, … Continue reading →

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The Future of Work: Belief and Currency

Posted on July 15, 2019 by

Many Organisations are actively engaged in exploring the Future of Work: their drivers include a desire to optimise their physical footprint (and save costs), engage and retain the best talent, reclaim a lost agility of old (or find a new … Continue reading →

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Engaging Power [3]: Loci

Posted on August 1, 2018 by

There is always a locus of engagement, a point where we are anchored. Multiple points maybe, for different contexts of our lives, but some place, or thing, that acts as the tether. If you are at school, the loci may … Continue reading →

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Not What You Take, But What You Give

Posted on May 14, 2018 by

So much of our power, as leaders, lies in creating space: not spaces for us to broadcast or control, but rather to facilitate, and to listen. There are times when we need our formal voice, when we can use the … Continue reading →

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The Building Blocks

Posted on May 10, 2018 by

Our formal organisations are built in familiar ways: we assemble functional teams, buy them computers, put a roof over their heads, connect them through technology, and hold them safe with rules. These are the building blocks that delivered the Industrial … Continue reading →

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The Currency of Social Engagement: Moderation and Validation of Reward

Posted on February 14, 2018 by

I’ve taken to describing three ‘coins’ that can be used to recognise and reward certain behaviours within communities. I don’t literally means coins: i’m using them as a tool to describe the ownership and control of both the allocation, and … Continue reading →

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The Sphere of Consequence

Posted on August 17, 2017 by

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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Complex Collaboration

Posted on March 29, 2017 by

One of the core themes around the Socially Dynamic Organisation is that it deeply connected: not simply through formal hierarchy, but through webs of trust, reputation, respect, and fairness. These bonds sit primarily within the social system, hence the journey … Continue reading →

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Separation of Space

Posted on June 21, 2016 by

Over dinner tonight, someone described their commute to work: he said he cycled out of the office, through the converted industrial district, former mills and warehouses, now upmarket advertising agencies and web designers, then over the bridge, through suburbia and … Continue reading →

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