Hey all Feeling hopeful this week, after a short actual holiday. ‘It’s not the despair — I can stand the despair. It’s the hope!’ Hope you are too — ‘hope and optimism, in spite of the present difficulties’. Come to one of my upcoming events if you want to keep…

Join the discussion on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/antlerboy_time-out-of-time-toot-activity-7046729884106133505-8POM/ A moment when the action of work, play, or society stops. A freeze-frame, when the actors step out of the scene and turn to face the audience — to face each other — and can explain their motivations, their feelings, their *experience* which is…

Some things seem to come around regularly , and I have a lot of exciting events coming up… https://www.systemspractice.org/courses/csp2-consulting-systems-practice-interventions-b-core-05d http://ieomsociety.org/zambia2023/lean-six-sigma/ https://stream.syscoi.com/2023/03/09/the-systems-thinking-summit-a-place-for-systems-thinkers-to-meet-15-17-mary-2023-online-7-10pm-new-york-time/ https://key-notion.com/operational-excellence-process-transformation-summit-hamburg/

Join the discussion on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/antlerboy_opex-agenda-activity-7044208799124996096-8ebM?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop We’re now living in the #future we were speculating about, three years after lockdown. Plenty has changed in the #economy, #management, and particularly in the work/life patterns in our organisations. …

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Join the discussion on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/antlerboy_how-do-you-cope-when-theres-a-sudden-release-activity-7041677935501586432-ahks How do you cope when there’s a sudden release of strong emotions in a meeting or facilitated workshop?

Join the discussion on LinkedIn: What do you think is the future of organisational transformation?https://www.linkedin.com/posts/antlerboy_opex-process-summit-hamburg-activity-7039142330162946048-f-Ho From Frederick Taylor’s The Principles of Scientific Management in 1911 to The Machine That Changed The World in 1990, the 20th Century was one of relentless focus on — and evolution of — operational excellence.

LinkedIn is now doing banal AI-generated articles on a range of ‘business’ topics and inviting ‘experts’ to ‘contribute’, within pre-defined subsections. They’re so far off the mark that they’re not even wrong. They make sweeping generalizations and provide trite advice that is completely disconnected from the real world of business…

I mentioned this once on twitter, it’s an interesting story Today, David Ing liked a post from Ken Homer on LinkedIn, which put it in my timeline: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/kenhomer_margaret-meades-quote-with-the-correct-annotations-activity-7036514068446220288-lN_t?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop It features this image: My response: To add some much-needed annotations 😉 The original quote (which she may or may not have said) is of course trademarked