June 15, 2022
What migraines taught me about overmanaging
I woke with a migraine, and dragged myself to the meeting feeling pretty terrible, so just had to sit there and let it happen around me.
October 16, 2019
Surviving workplace disruption #1
I wonder how the occupants of these new offices, specifically designed for collaboration, will adapt to these new…
July 11, 2019
Are you planning to act or acting to learn?
Rather than plan in order to act, Bob found more success when he began to act in order to learn....
July 3, 2019
If only we had a new meeting structure…..
In looking back, I've realised that I was seeing a common pitfall when tackling complexity- seeking a simple solution…
April 11, 2019
A Parent’s Guide to Complexity
We may not know what it’s going to take to get there but we know that this is what we are working towards.
March 13, 2019
Experimenting with a new thought……. by Bridget Marsh
So I get clients to experiment.....try a new thought. Like trying on new ideas they need to see how it feels and…
March 11, 2019
Just try stuff…. (or let’s call it experimentation)
she just tries something, checks to see if it is getting her closer to a useful result, and then either does more of…
March 5, 2019
Is Best Practice Water Management a Myth?
By focussing on delivering a best practice program we greatly increase the likelihood that we are doing this program…
April 26, 2018
The risk of your ‘like’ bubble
I am noticing more and more as I surf the web how my apps keep managing my feeds- identifying what I click, like,…
March 23, 2018
What can El Capitan Teach Us About Managing Complexity?
The climber on an unfamiliar face is an experimenter. She hypothesises: “If I follow that crack it should get me…
February 13, 2018
The ABC of Complexity
As I write, the head of Australia's public broadcaster, the ABC, has just announced a very significant restructure of…