Culturodynamics - van Rooyen https://vanrooyen.info Reflections on business and life Thu, 01 Oct 2026 07:00:43 +0000 en-ZA hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://vanrooyen.info/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/cropped-vr-LOGO-Copy-2-32x32.gif Culturodynamics - van Rooyen https://vanrooyen.info 32 32 Reflection 19: Culture and Seeing small https://vanrooyen.info/culture-and-seeing-small/10/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=culture-and-seeing-small https://vanrooyen.info/culture-and-seeing-small/10/#respond Thu, 01 Oct 2026 06:51:40 +0000 https://vanrooyen.info/?p=581 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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]]> https://vanrooyen.info/culture-and-seeing-small/10/feed/ 0 Reflection 18 – Culture as System https://vanrooyen.info/reflection-18-culture-as-system/09/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=reflection-18-culture-as-system https://vanrooyen.info/reflection-18-culture-as-system/09/#respond Mon, 21 Sep 2026 10:21:20 +0000 https://vanrooyen.info/?p=576 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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