Beyond the deal. Through the confusion. I build capacity in organisations under pressure so they don’t need me anymore. Complexity practitioner. Music lover.
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Half of my connections are looking for company while they adapt to the new norm.
The other half is pivoting their company to become the new norm. #soicaldistancing #COVID2019 #19wontstopus #WRAwesome
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Every techco in Canada, and so many others, submit SR&ED claims to receive government $ for costs incurred from high risk innovation.
May sound good on paper. Usually bogus creative writing exercise by contingency paid consultants.
Normalized grift is bad culture and policy.
Post M&A the creative teams live between finding value and surfacing it—while buried in power plays, shifting priorities.
If their work starts slipping, it’s not a process issue.
Unflocked.io can help
#maintegration #mergersandacquisitions #postmergerintegration
ALT A bright yellow canary perched alone on a thin branch, staring directly at the viewer. The scene is still, but the gaze feels urgent—like it knows something you don’t.
Listen to how people listen to you. In a room full of talkers, what isn’t said often speaks louder than what is.
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This is one of the reasons we developed an easy entry to allowing people, at scale, to interpret their own experiences without sycophancy or fear. That also allows a simple change mechanism: 'How do we create more experiences like these, fewer like those?' which reduces the stress of judgemental language around people not having the 'right' mindset and so on. It's also available to consultants, academics, and others to create customised versions. @TheCynefinCo
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Why superficial, so called "staff engagement" is worse than no engagement at all.
This is about "listening sessions" & "engagement workshops" where people put their ideas forward (often on post-it notes) where nothing happens afterwards or "suggestion boxes" that don't get opened often. It allows leaders to say “We asked for employee input” without actually giving up control. It’s engagement without risk.
It has a side effect. It erodes trust. People see through the act & resent it. They disengage more. It turns hopeful people into even bigger cynics.
Three key questions to ask about any "staff involvement" strategy:
1. What happens to these ideas after this meeting?
2. Who decides which ones move forward?
3. How do we measure if this process is working?
Real collaboration isn’t a meeting. It’s a way of thinking & behaviour, role modelled by leaders:
- Being open and creating visible feedback loops
- Ensuring follow-through & action on the ideas put forward
- Distributing decision-making power
- Enabling dialogue across the system
- Setting accountability goals for collaborative working:
medium.com/psychology-of-wor…. By Bette Ludwig @BetteFreelancer.
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Apparently there are people who “spend a lot of time talking about complexity & almost no time talking about non-linearity.” Given that complexity is all about systems that don’t display linear relationships this reveals a depressing lack of depth in reading and/or understanding
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If you want to make something simple you first have to understand both the nature abs possible practice in depth. If you don’t the chances are you’ll end up being simplistic, trivial & shallow
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as you get older, you realize how wise it is to actually stfu and just listen
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CEO Lyndon Cantor talks about the potential to create positive social and socioeconomic change with emerging #5G, #IoT, and immersive technologies: sandvine.com/blog/renewing-f…
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The pandemic has left many workers stressed and struggling. @Artemis_Canada's @kmcdougall unpacks the key to building healthy, resilient companies that can solve big problems without leaving a trail of burnt-out employees on pg. 18 at disruptionmagazine.ca/
