Tag Archives: Power

Storytelling to Power

Posted on May 8, 2018 by

I used this phrase in a document today, discussing ‘innovation’, and the way that our challenge may not be around ideas, but rather in finding power behind our voice, to create the social movement to allow those ideas to be … Continue reading →

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Social Leadership: What You Need, Not What You Want

Posted on May 1, 2018 by

I meet increasing numbers of organisations who are implementing, or sponsoring, their own Social Communities of Practice, adopting co-creative approaches to learning, and crowd sourcing innovative ideas. The intent is often great: creating spaces for engagement, spaces for learning, opportunities … Continue reading →

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The Ownership of Stories. #WorkingOutLoud on ‘The Change Handbook’

Posted on April 30, 2018 by

The ownership and control of stories within organisations can be a factor of ‘Resistance’ to change. I’ve just rewritten this section of the manuscript for ‘The Change Handbook’, to explore the question of ‘ownership’ in more detail. Some of you … Continue reading →

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Social Leadership: Structural and Social Authority

Posted on April 11, 2018 by

Social Leadership is not simply another type of power that exists within a formal system: it’s a reputation led authority that exists outside the system. Whilst an organisation can give you a role, a position within a structural hierarchy, only … Continue reading →

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Modes Of Social Organisation: By The People, For The People

Posted on January 9, 2018 by

Things have always changed: i write today in Chichester, my hometown, an old Roman city, which became the capital of the Kingdom of Sussex. From marching fort and Roman camp, to fortified town and city state. Today, as part of … Continue reading →

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Dual Paradigms of Disruption: System vs Ecosystem Change

Posted on November 29, 2017 by

This week i’ve been sharing my most recent writing around ‘Black Swans: Disruptions in Power’ at a conference in the US. This work is about types of disruption, the underlying power behind that disruption, and the inability of formal systems … Continue reading →

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Foundational Shifts in Power

Posted on November 21, 2017 by

Much of the dynamic of the Social Age relates to fundamental shifts in power: broadly, this is a flow away from formally organised systems, with codified power, into socially moderated systems, with reputation based, and networked, power. We will still … Continue reading →

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