Systems Thinking Theory and Practice

How do we "work"? The practice of systems thinking in the digital age. Reflections on the workplace, schools, society and the systems therein.

Mar 10, 2024

On the Contented Life

This morning I was once again thinking about how to “shape” my life, how to prioritize, what matters. This led me to pick up Singer’s book with the wonderful title...

Jan 16, 2024

Contemplating Dialectics

Based on a text I read in Erich Fromm’s book “Escape From Freedom” I had an interesting exchange with ChatGPT-4. I particularly like the insight on “Overemphasis on Conflict” in...

Feb 27, 2021

The Three Legged Stool

What Makes Great Teams In order to strive, progress and be happy as a team, we need to practice and continuously improve on: Aspiration Personal Mastery Shared Vision Reflective Conversation...

Jul 20, 2020

Truth not Transparency

Our obsession with transparency does more harm than good. Truthful communication is the key to outstanding teamwork. Humans Are Not Made of Glass The term transparency is ubiquous in organizations...

Oct 9, 2019

A Vision for Society

We may have lost the internet, but it is still down to us to work towards regaining control of our information and the tools we use to handle it. Owing...

Oct 7, 2019

Creative Tension - Why our Vision Must Be Ambitious

Creative tension is a concept formulated by Robert Fritz and made popular by Peter Senge1. Creative tension is what we ideally get when struggling to achieve our vision. It is...

Oct 5, 2019

Systems Practice Now!

Sometimes I think “we have learnt so much, yet we apply so little of it”. Over centuries we have built systems and practices that have become so ingrained in our...

Oct 3, 2019

A Vision for Our Schools

Schools should teach to think rather than teach knowledge. How can it be done? Think, Don’t Know This idea that it is more important for children to learn how to...