Paul Taylor

Grief or the serious ill-health of ourselves or a loved one , other concerns such as financial matters or household upkeep seem to get downgraded

Faced with tightening budgets and growing complexity, modern institutions constantly seek ways to streamline processes, cut costs, and manage resources.

The concept of Main Character Syndrome first emerged in internet culture, initially on TikTok, during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The emerging work, co-ordination and communication, had taken over from the real work, coding and designing.

Overton maintained that think tanks could influence public policy without directly engaging in the political process.

The tomatoes McTominay experienced in the UK weren’t mediocre by accident; they were bad by design.

The worlds most populous country has a vibe about it that contrasts starkly with the UK.

Just as a biological immune system identifies and neutralises foreign agents to protect the body, the OIS identifies radical changes

Giving a mandate for constructive dissent must be moved immediately from a discouraged anomaly to a mainstream strategic imperative.

Why do so many managers and leaders expect an almost instant improvement in satisfaction results after any change is made?

To understand this pathology and how they interact, we must define three concepts: silos, accountability sinks, and failure demand.

Workspaces , both physical and virtual, are designed to encourage it, and we actively recruit for people who possess a collaborative nature.

The accepted narrative is that the bigger an organisation gets the more difficult it is for the organisation to innovate and/or change.

Housing people largely talk to housing people. Health people to health people. Education to education. Justice to Justice.

Rooted in the power of the living word dialogue, song, and shared human experience was the catalyst for the unique, non-formal residential schools

Knowing where to start, who to start it with , and mobilising the required resources to achieve it, seems difficult.

The problem of organisations creating space for innovation and creative thinking, whilst prioritising business as usual, is anything but new.

Indeed, digital was touted as a silver bullet for efficiency and effectiveness, but as the evidence has mounted, it has proven to be anything but.

Despite its pervasive influence and promises of productivity, the performance myth has largely failed to deliver its anticipated benefits

This narrow view can sacrifice quality, overlook complex issues, and create hidden costs elsewhere in the system.

What if we stopped thinking of individual sectors and started thinking about of them as products that require interoperability? #Agile

In trying to manage everything, they often end up feeling like they’re managing nothing that truly touches individual lives. #Agile

When faced with vast issues like global warming or national debt, we feel a deep lack of control and efficacy. #community

The average lifespan of a civilisation is 336 years, Big companies used to have a lifespan of 61 years, now it’s down to 18. #business

I first got an inkling that I’d got it all wrong about innovation and design when I was lying in a hospital bed in April 2020. #innovation

That said, the bigger the company the greater the chance of bureaucracy. #companies #growth

Centralisation is often touted as being more efficient but it’s nothing of the sort. In truth it is a simply a corporate power grab.

Our purpose – the reason we exist – can become servant to a metric. The work becomes a metric, and then the metrics become the work.

Strategic innovation is a war game against the legacy organisation, not a development of the existing culture and practices. #Innovation

As we begin a new year, there seems to be, in much of the western world at least, a realisation that we have hit a productivity brick wall. #views

In a world sometimes reduced to transactions , this simple concept has profound implications for individuals, relationships, and society as a whole.

The old model is broken. We need to shift from traditional, top-down service delivery models to integrated, community-centric approaches. #views

But none of that guarantees they’re actually good ideas, which are likely to be more complex and harder to understand. #ideas

Innovations can and do spread, but innovation approaches rarely do as it’s as much about culture and hard work as process.

If your end goal is creating better relationships, consider how you’d measure your own relationships, and consider whether that’s possible

Whilst the natural instinct is to add more people, Brooks’ Law warns against this, suggesting that it can actually worsen the situation.

How do you shift to a completely new model within the constraints of a 60 year-old organisation? #business #advisors

Who really benefits from the bureaucracy of our systems and organisations? It’s certainly not the people they were set up to serve. #views

When did the commoditisation, or even the McDonaldization, of the social sector begin? #innovate

Being efficient is not half as effective as conventional management would like to think. #relationships #people #conversation

Chris suggests that sleeping on it is unlikely to work in an organisational context and suggests some other approaches. #sleep

The Cobra Effect refers to a situation where an attempted solution to a problem actually makes the problem worse as a result of unintended consequences.

There’s some evidence suggesting that organisational memory might be getting shorter in certain contexts. #memory

The idea spread organically through word-of-mouth, community newsletters, and local activism networks. #innovation 

The solution to the horse manure problem was a technological solution – that came out of nowhere. #views #problems

Many folk are coming out enthusiastically to bat for something so unremarkable as LinkedIn, at the same time as hating on Twitter. #Twitter #X #LinkedIn

For every great digital experience there are three or four others seemingly designed to engage us in eternal torment. #tech #finance

Other things being equal, the more we see people and interact with them, the more probable we are to like them. #views #work #home

Rules and protocols are put in place – often for very good reasons – that preserve the status quo. #business #rules

Even if you’re a favourite with your regulator, that crisis can be waiting just around the corner for any organisation. #business