Tag Archives: Risk

Inconvenient Truths

Posted on October 5, 2022 by julianstodd

Just because something is easy to understand does not make it true, and, conversely, just because something is complex, incomplete, and distasteful to our current conception of the truth, that discomfort alone does not make it wrong. Whilst we enjoy … Continue reading →

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In Search of Risk

Posted on February 22, 2022 by julianstodd

The term ‘Risk’ defines our exposure to danger, but it’s held in many different ways, in many different spaces, and through varied mechanisms. Many of our forward facing conversations, about change, about innovation, about leadership, involve aspects of risk, some … Continue reading →

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Comfortably Uncomfortable

Posted on October 10, 2018 by julianstodd

When we consider change, it’s easy to remain comfortably uncomfortable: thinking about discomfort, but remaining firmly grounded in the known. Change requires disturbance, but it’s a matter of degrees: too little, and nothing really changes, the system regains stability without … Continue reading →

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The Next Step

Posted on September 29, 2017 by julianstodd

The gap between ‘safety’, and ‘risk’ is quite small, although different for every person to comprehend. I was driven back to this thought time and again this week, across a number of different conversations that relate to ‘The Fear’ that … Continue reading →

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Risk

Posted on November 30, 2016 by julianstodd

I’m highly nervous: tomorrow morning i present the work on Black Swans and the Limits of Hierarchy. And i made the mistake of rehearsing it. I am very rarely nervous: i spend a good chunk of my time in conversations. … Continue reading →

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Aspects of the #SocialAge – Part 2 – Risk is Fuel

Posted on August 2, 2016 by julianstodd

Organisations are used to risk: they understand it, quantify it, and mitigate it. What they don’t often do is burn it. Agile organisations are able to rapidly prototype new ideas and behaviours, able to adapt at speed, because they have … Continue reading →

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Skiing: Learning Into Action

Posted on February 24, 2016 by julianstodd

I clearly remember when i first skied: i looked down what can only have been the most gentle of slopes, carefully thought through my training, and launched myself off, determined to snowplough with great grace in sweeping aaaaarrrrrrgggghhhh… So my … Continue reading →

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Gamification: How to use Game Dynamics in Learning

Posted on January 19, 2015 by julianstodd

There’s a family story that i once threw a Monopoly board across the room rather than accept defeat. I’m not sure i remember it quite that way, but i do know that the battered box is relegated to the cupboard … Continue reading →

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Running in the rain: risk and reward in learning

Posted on August 22, 2013 by julianstodd

I met up with Lucy last night in London and, as we walked by the Thames, we saw a fountain. I’ve seen them like this before, by the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam: it’s a large base with squared off sections, the … Continue reading →

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Words about learning: eggs

Posted on August 22, 2012 by julianstodd

When i’m making an omelette i break the eggs into a glass in case i get any shell in there. I was watching someone cook the other day and they broke the eggs straight into the cake mix they were … Continue reading →

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