Tag Archives: Experiment

The Problem is not a Problem: #WorkingOutLoud on the Future of Work

Posted on March 30, 2022 by julianstodd

Sometimes we try to solve a problem that is not a problem. The ‘future of work’ may fall into that category. Maybe the future is just different. The pain, as described, is non specific, and it seems unlikely that a … Continue reading →

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#WorkingOutLoud – Realms and Filters of Innovation

Posted on August 25, 2021 by julianstodd

Building out from the work i shared yesterday, this piece starts to consider further aspects of Innovation: ‘Realms’ and ‘Filters’. The outer ring illustrates four Realms: the ‘Known’, the ‘Mistaken’, the ‘Unknown’ and the ‘Unknowable’. The inner ring illustrates three … Continue reading →

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Organisations That Experiment

Posted on June 17, 2021 by julianstodd

This is very early stage #WorkingOutLoud as i conduct the initial research for the book on ‘Experimenting Organisations’. So early stage that it may barely be worth reading, but i am finding it useful to rapidly iterate the structure of … Continue reading →

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10 Questions About Failure (And Whether It’s An Option)

Posted on June 14, 2021 by julianstodd

Gene Kranz, Mission Control chief for the Apollo moon landing, was famously attributed the quote ‘failure is not an option’. In reality, he never uttered those words (although he did borrow them for the title of his autobiography). The quote … Continue reading →

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#WorkingOutLoud on ‘The Experimental Organisation’ – Draft Structure

Posted on June 9, 2021 by julianstodd

In the early stages of writing, i like to create a more visual map of the book: this is ‘behind the scenes’ really, to help me identify the core narrative, and ensure i do not miss out anything obvious! The … Continue reading →

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#WorkingOutLoud on ‘The Experimental Organisation’ – Frames

Posted on June 8, 2021 by julianstodd

This is one of a series of posts as i build out an initial framework for the book on ‘The Experimental Organisation’. In this piece i explore the question of ‘where’ we experiment, and introduce the idea of three spaces: … Continue reading →

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#WorkingOutLoud on The Experimental Organisation

Posted on June 7, 2021 by julianstodd

With ‘The Quiet Leadership Guidebook’ and ‘The Humble Leader’ books both in production, my main writing focus now turns to the interviews for ‘The Experimental Organisation’. In this work i will be exploring how Organisations learn to change: specifically, how, … Continue reading →

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The Experimental Organisation: Your Uncertainty Or Your Foundations?

Posted on February 1, 2021 by julianstodd

We could describe our ‘uncertainty’ as the things that we know to be curious about, whilst our foundations are things that we know to be true. When we think about the places our curiosity may carry us, we often look … Continue reading →

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What Does It Mean ‘To Experiment’?

Posted on January 28, 2021 by julianstodd

This work is part of a series of pieces around ‘The Experimental Organisation’, which together explore the practicalities of how an Organisation can be curious, and unlock learning at scale. Or indeed, to see if such a thing is even … Continue reading →

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#WorkingOutLoud on ‘ The Experimental Organisation’

Posted on January 27, 2021 by julianstodd

An ‘experiment’ is a structured approach to finding something out: or not. An ‘experiment’ may also describe how we just blunder in and try something. We pick it up and experiment with it. Like teenagers smoking behind the bike sheds. … Continue reading →

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