Transduction — leading transformation — Issue #135 My weekly posts A conservative perspective on radical change I offer a conservative perspective on radical change, inspired by G.K. Chesterton’s parable about understanding the purpose of existing institutions before dismantling them. Reflecting on my own experience, I once sent an 18-page memo to the chief executive, advocating for change based on insights from Vanguard consulting. I realized that while new methods like Agile and Service Design are valuable, true change requires understanding the perspectives of those who have tried and failed before. Passion must be balanced with empathy.
https://chosen-path.org/2024/06/18/a-conservative-perspective-on-radical-change/
Courses and events National Commissioning Academy Join us on the national Commissioning Academy this autumn, hosted by Royal Borough of Greenwich
https://www.publicservicetransformation.org/2024/02/new-academy-announced-a-new-national-commissioning-academy-based-in-london-launching-this-summer/
Contract management development Joint us this Autumn for a virtual only development programme!
https://bit.ly/ContractManagement2024
Outcomes-based commissioning: a 10 step introduction Join us this Autumn for a virtual introduction to commissioning.
https://bit.ly/10stepIntroduction8
My selection of systems | cybernetics | complexity links from the weblog Systems Community of Inquiry I’m not currently keeping www.syscoi.com up fully but I am still trying…
SCiO monthly events — UK and Nederland, Jun 2024 Follow SCiO — Systems and Complexity in Organisation
https://stream.syscoi.com/2024/06/01/scio-monthly-events-uk-and-nederland-jun-2024/
Navigating the Now: A Guide to Recognizing What Is Going On — A 3-Day In-Person General Semantics Seminar, July 25–27, 2024, London [Some discounted tickets may be available — email benjamin.taylor@redquadrant.com if you are interested]
https://stream.syscoi.com/2024/05/30/navigating-the-now-a-guide-to-recognizing-what-is-going-on-a-3-day-in-person-general-semantics-seminar-july-25-27-2024-london/
New publications from David Ing, including resequencing systems thinking at the ISSS conference https://stream.syscoi.com/2024/06/16/new-publications-from-david-ing-including-resequencing-systems-thinking-at-the-isss-conference/
Things I shared on socials Some philosophical razors. Jonn Elledge. https://jonn.substack.com/p/some-philosophical-razors?utm_content=bufferc9ea2&utm_medium=social&utm_source=linkedin.com&utm_campaign=buffer
Why the Future Leaders Scheme (FLS) fails — and what to do about it https://medium.com/future-leaders-scheme/why-the-future-leaders-scheme-fls-fails-and-what-to-do-about-it-74a37bfdc91?utm_content=bufferb9539&utm_medium=social&utm_source=linkedin.com&utm_campaign=buffer
Exposing the pseudoscience of traffic engineering. CNU. https://www.cnu.org/publicsquare/2024/06/05/exposing-pseudoscience-traffic-engineering?utm_content=buffer1023e&utm_medium=social&utm_source=linkedin.com&utm_campaign=buffer
Fast-track courts unlawfully convict thousands of fare evasion. The Standard. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/prosecution-courts-fare-evasion-northern-rail-single-justice-procedure-b1164191.html?utm_content=bufferb4a27&utm_medium=social&utm_source=linkedin.com&utm_campaign=buffer
Capacity crunch: the biggest challenges facing the next government — UK 2040 Options. https://options2040.co.uk/capacity-crunch-the-biggest-challenges-facing-the-next-government/?utm_content=buffer28ac6&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
Is the criminal justice system broken? Chris Perry. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/criminal-justice-system-broken-chris-perry-cod7f/?trackingId=02xOkiZwS6FO0qM%2BHpC1EQ%3D%3D
Could Peterloo happen again? The case of Orgreave. Kmflett’s Blog. https://kmflett.wordpress.com/2023/08/25/could-peterloo-happen-again-the-case-of-orgreave/?utm_content=buffer2795a&utm_medium=social&utm_source=linkedin.com&utm_campaign=buffer