Category: Systems Thinking
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Building the Leaders of Tomorrow: Systems Thinkers for an Agile Future
In an increasingly complex and interconnected world, the traditional leadership playbook—focused on command-and-control structures, incremental improvements, and rigid hierarchies—is no longer enough. To navigate today’s challenges and capitalize on opportunities, organizations need leaders who can think in systems, align strategy…
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Curiosity and Systems Thinking: A Powerful Duo
Last week I covered two critical capabilities that stand out in our fast-paced and ever-evolving world, and the increasing complexity of systems. The two capabilities that stand out for me: curiosity and systems thinking. When combined, these two mindsets form…
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Curiosity and Systems Thinking: A Powerful Duo for Continuous Improvement
In today’s fast-paced and ever-evolving world, organizations are under constant pressure to innovate, adapt, and improve. As the complexity of systems—whether technological, organizational, or social—increases, two critical capabilities stand out: curiosity and systems thinking. When combined, these two mindsets form…
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Agility is a Strategy, Agile is a Tactic
I’ve been catching up on some of the conference sessions I have added to my personal Kanban over the year. One of the sessions from the recent Lean Kanban Central Europe 2015, truly caught my eye. “Turn Your Organisation Into…
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Unlocking Change with Systems Thinking
When it comes to enacting sustainable change, systems thinking is a powerful yet often underutilized tool. (I’ve successfully employed it in a recent role, where I took on an unfamiliar challenge, the transformation of a social care service. Introduced it…
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Navigating the “Layer Cake” of Agility, Lean, Systems Thinking, and Product Management
In the film Layer Cake, we see how the lives of the rich, the criminal, and the criminally rich are intricately woven together, each layer impacting the others in ways that often defy logic and expectation. This metaphor of intersecting…