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Reflection 19: Culture and Seeing small

Jan — Thu, 01 Oct 2026 06:51:40 +0000

Understanding Culture: The art of seeing small There are four somewhat unrelated, yet similar, perspectives on considering small things. The first is a biblical verse that states, “Catch the foxes for us, The little foxes that are ruining the vineyards, … Continued

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Reflection 18 – Culture as System

Jan — Mon, 21 Sep 2026 10:21:20 +0000

Systems thinking is a discipline for seeing wholes. It is a framework for seeing interrelationships rather than things, for seeing ‘patterns of change’ rather than static ‘snapshots.’ Peter Senge[i] It is often said that real understanding of a topic only … Continued

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Reflection 11 – Socrates, Critical Thinking, and AI

Jan — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 07:53:11 +0000

Socrates, Critical Thinking, and AI Living with questions in a time of fake news New Developments This topic touches every organisation, every leader, and every individual navigating the modern world. It provides a conceptual foundation that underpins effective functioning across … Continued

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Reflection 5 – Change and Change Agents

Jan — Wed, 20 May 2026 07:00:39 +0000

Change, Strategy, Culture, and the Change Agent It has become a cliché to speak of the pace and degree of change in the 21st century – yet the observation is ancient. The philosopher Heraclitus (c. 540–480 BC) held that “on those … Continued

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Reflection 1: The Choice.

Jan — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 07:00:00 +0000

Changing course and why managing with yesterday’s thinking produces tomorrow’s failures.
If up to 75% of organisational change initiatives fail — a figure that has been regularly used since the late 1900s — what makes you confident that the next one will be different?

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