Nicky Wire of Manic Street Preachers interviewed in the Arts Guardian recently reflects on Cynefin in respect of the influences on their development. I was also triggered into reflection this morning flying back from Belfast to Cardiff. The clouds cleared as we came over the Irish Sea. Ynys Môn emerged and I could clearly see […]
I have been playing around with a way to describe a complex system in such a way that you ca move to a management approach which has some coherence. It is still in its early stages, but it is starting to inform the design of narrative databases and I have used it experimentally with some […]
I spend a lot of my time doing conference keynotes, presentations to companies and tele-conference support for the network. Some of these are private, some open such as the master class coming up in Belfast for Anne McMurray. In the vast majority of cases these events are targeted at people new to the concepts and […]
An interesting set of presentations down here in Tampa, Florida over the weekend. More reflections over the next week, but one of the things that came up in questions reminded me of the transformatory nature of complexity thinking. Someone asked me how you created the trusted environment prior to engagement. My response (including some follow […]
The above quote is from Dylan Thomas one of the great (if not the greatest) poets of the last century. A complex character best summed up by another recorded statement: I hold a beast, an angel and a madman in me, and my enquiry is as to their working, and my problem is their subjugation […]
Thanks to Thinking Meat for this article in the Economist. It challenges the idea that our Pliocene hunter gather past was some form of ideal society. Romanticism without evidence was a de facto theme of my recent concern about Dave Pollard and his polyamorous intentional communities. I have given up there by the way, see […]
An interesting bit of writing from David Aaronovitch in The Times, after Iowa but before new Hampshire. When it comes to choosing people to rule over us, I have long suspected misogyny was even stronger than racism. Iowa has never elected a woman in a congressional or gubernatorial election. So sure, you can have the […]
I have said before that there is something deeply personal about the blogosphere, it allows communication which is both public and intimate. This post, from the first US soldier to die in Iraq this year, written in anticipation of his death can only have a profound impact, whether you agree with his opinions or not. […]
I was a little surprised by the nature of Shawn’s reaction to my disagreement with his original and bold assertion that Drucker’s concept of the knowledge worker was dead. He made a serious, if controversial statement and I put some effort into a considered reply, which also attempted to take the debate forward. Shawn up […]
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