A misdiagnosis of tempo
The role of temporal alignment in sustainable change Have you come across the ‘Red Queen hypothesis‘?
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Of scarcity, evolution, and choice
I’ve been thinking lately about scarcity – not so much the literal absence of resources, but the way the sense of scarcity spreads.
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Uncanny
Every so often, I notice a pattern. Someone at work decides I’m brilliant. Yes, I know how that sounds, but I have years of data on this.
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One breath longer
Airtime, egos and the Japanese concept of Ma. Have you noticed how the same few voices do most of the talking?
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Two words
A passing glimpse of entangled geography, perception, and power. Walking along one of our favourite stretches of the Dorset coastal path – not any designated viewpoint or charming…
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When the blueprint doesn’t fit the building
How systems thinking exposes organisational blind spots – and what we do about them This post sits alongside ‘What can it do?‘, another reflection on the gap between designed…
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What can it do? (Revisited)
Systems thinking, resistance, and the ethics of pushing change In 2014, I wrote a short blog post inspired by the film Apollo 13.
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When nothing happens
Maybe the work isn’t always to provoke change. Maybe sometimes it’s enough to bear witness – to notice, to reflect, and to remain open to what hasn’t yet arrived.
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The test is a mirror
How challenge reveals — and reshapes — who we are and the systems we inhabit In 2017, I wrote a short blog post called Time for reflection (the test is a mirror).
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