“Eighty-two percent of them went through a redesign in the last three years. However, most of these redesign efforts fail”. How many were initiated by McK? https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/people-and-organizational-performance/our-insights/the-five-trademarks-of-agile-organizations

Our retreat on lifelong learning is more or less full, but there are day tickets and we can create some more accommodation if needed. Its next month so if interested book soon https://thecynefin.co/education-retreat/

RT @HeartOfScott: These are a very good reads… I have been having several deep conversations on the need for and role of expertise. Dave hits several nails on the head with these posts. Read them all. https://twitter.com/snowded/status/1641508076506214400

Another post in the series on coherence, science, elimination of the absurd and so on. https://thecynefin.co/coherence-and-incoherence/

Hopefully got the perfect 69th birthday planned this weekend, staying in a favourite pub near Abergavenny so two days of walking in the Black Mountains and a key evening Rugby match at the Arms Park Saturday night. Just need the weather to work out

Britons have more confidence in EU than Westminster, poll finds https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/mar/30/britons-more-confidence-in-eu-than-westminster-poll-brexit?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

RT @Cardiff_Rugby: Peter Thomas Obituary: “Peter will be remembered as one of the most important and influential figures in the unrivalled history of Cardiff Rugby. “The club was his lifelong passion and we will forever be indebted to Peter and the Thomas family.”

RT @tom_d_kerwin: Holy cats, nearly 4,000 people have read these notes from a recent strategy workshop, introducing @snowded’s Estuarine Framework, and I’ve had some amazing conversations off the back of it. I think this is gonna be BIG. https://open.substack.com/pub/tomkerwin/p/a-trip-into-the-estuary

I’m going to be in France (Paris and the South) 10-20 October and Singapore-Australia-New Zealand August and September. Diary is filling up on all of those but we still have slots for events or meetings if anyone is interested

Disappointed in this. Even taking notes it only took 90 minutes to read and it’s magical solution is just a rather crude rehash of systems dynamics. Completely ignores complexity despite using the word