Tag Archives: Failure

How Virtual Learning Fails by Driving Conformity [Pt 4]

Posted on May 21, 2020 by

I’m sharing a series of articles that explore aspects of Virtual Learning and the ways that we build learning experiences over time. Having started with a view of what Virtual Learning is (and is not), we moved on to explore … Continue reading →

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The Society We Deserve

Posted on April 2, 2020 by

The society we desire may not be the society that we deserve: the first is a projection in our minds, and the second is the result of our actions. If we focus our efforts on delivering value within our Organisations, … Continue reading →

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Complexity and Belief

Posted on March 10, 2020 by

This is a #WorkingOutLoud post exploring complexity, and the role of belief: it relates to several broader strands of work that explore the social structure of Organisations, and the mechanisms of change. At heart, Organisations are made up of components, … Continue reading →

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Culture Map

Posted on February 18, 2020 by

Sharing some early stage work today around a Culture Map: it’s a tool to explore the tension between the individual expression of values, with the cultural context that they are expressed within. Essentially a tool to explore the upper and … Continue reading →

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The Porcelain Organisation [Domain to Dynamic Pt 4]

Posted on December 5, 2019 by

This is the fourth in a series of articles exploring the evolution of Organisations, from ‘Domain’ to ‘Dynamic’. In the early pieces we explored the origin and evolution of Organisations, how they evolved from an Industrial Age heritage, and built … Continue reading →

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Apollo Leadership Reflections: A Rough Path Leads To The Stars

Posted on July 29, 2019 by

Three men died on January 27th, 1967. They suffocated in the Command Module of Apollo 1, not in the depths of space, or the surface of the moon, but on Launch Pad 34, at Cape Kennedy, Florida. They died not … Continue reading →

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Leadership Reflections from Apollo at 50: Chapter 5 – Simulation & Testing

Posted on July 26, 2019 by

Today i am sharing a full draft chapter from my upcoming Social Age Guidebook on Apollo, which consists of a series of leadership reflections. It’s part of #WorkingOutLoud. There is one discipline that Apollo progressed with remarkable vigour: developing hardware … Continue reading →

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Leadership Reflections from Apollo at 50: Failure, Complexity, and Control

Posted on July 24, 2019 by

This post is #WorkingOutLoud, sharing a draft chapter from my upcoming Social Age Guidebook on ‘Apollo: Leadership Reflections from the Space Race’. It’s not proofed or finalised yet, so please treat it kindly. “Failure is not an option” is the … Continue reading →

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Loops of Leadership

Posted on January 8, 2019 by

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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The New York Dereliction Walk: Failure, Innovation, and Social Movements for Change

Posted on November 7, 2018 by

Things change: the cities, towns, and rural landscapes that we live within do not form a passive backdrop to our actions, but rather cast a sharp shadow from them. Today i am sharing my full notes and research for ‘The … Continue reading →

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