Tag Archives: Social Age

Leadership as Systemic: Boundaries

Posted on April 23, 2024 by julianstodd

I’m sharing work this week on ‘disorientation and being lost’ in learning – part of a broader pattern of work around the ‘Unreconciled Self’ and ‘Imperfect Leadership’ – so as a word of warning, expect this writing to be convoluted… … Continue reading →

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The Limits of State

Posted on February 21, 2024 by julianstodd

As part of a body of work on ‘Whole of Society’, i’ve been considering the nature of our societal structures, and their evolution in the context of the Social Age. I’ve written about this before, in terms of ‘Society – … Continue reading →

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Social Leadership: Trespass and Boundary

Posted on February 14, 2024 by julianstodd

We live within boundaries, both natural and manmade. Rivers and mountains create divisions, as do politics and religion. Wealth and class hold us apart, as do the permission on IT systems, and the power held in our job title. When … Continue reading →

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Exploring Social Leadership

Posted on January 23, 2024 by julianstodd

I wrote the ‘Social Leadership Handbook’ in 2014, and as i write that it seems crazy that it was so long ago. There were two ‘firsts’ in that 1st Edition: it was the first time i had attempted to pull … Continue reading →

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Structural and Social Leadership

Posted on January 16, 2024 by julianstodd

My work explores the context of the Social Age: it holds that technology has delivered us an evolved sociology, or way of being, and that this itself provides a new social context for work. In fact, not just for work: … Continue reading →

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Fragments: #WorkingOutLoud as Belief System

Posted on January 10, 2024 by julianstodd

Today i’m sharing some fragments of writing i’ve done elsewhere this week, mainly about the idea of #WorkingOutLoud being both a belief system as well as methodology. This is the subject i’m exploring in the doctorate, which i hope to … Continue reading →

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Navigating Ambiguity: Opportunity and Fluidity

Posted on October 10, 2023 by julianstodd

I’m completing work this week around ‘Navigating Ambiguity’, looking at the opportunity we may find, and the fluidity of structure that we require. Previously we have considered the nature of ambiguity (where it sits – in our heads, our instrumentation, … Continue reading →

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Social Leadership in Action: Connected and Collective Capability

Posted on October 9, 2023 by julianstodd

Social Leadership is leadership beyond the system: a model of authority held in reputation, and deep interconnection. Whilst it may align with our formal hierarchies, which represent the codified lines of power and authority, most typically it will diverge. Formal … Continue reading →

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Disruption of the Social Age: Infrastructure, Belonging, Reward

Posted on September 13, 2023 by julianstodd

Tomorrow i deliver a keynote at the NATO Training Technology Conference, around the context of the Social Age, and the notion of a Socially Dynamic Organisation. I’m using it as an excuse to build out some of the ideas shared … Continue reading →

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In Doubt

Posted on May 2, 2023 by julianstodd

Whilst i seek certainty, and speak with confidence, the reality is that my work operates in cycles of  illusion and self doubt. At times, things converge: ideas take shape, and i find certainty. At times i inhabit that space for … Continue reading →

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