Moving From Ad-hoc Hybrid Working to a Hybrid Work System in 2023
In this edition, Lee considers how we can learn the lessons of ad-hoc hybrid work and create a fully-featured hybrid work system to help us hit the ground running in 2023.
In Search of the Best Blend for Hybrid Learning
Some reflections on hybrid learning approaches as L&D teams start rushing back towards face-to-face offline learning delivery
One Final Mission for the Middle Management Brigades?
The so-called ‘squishy middle’ of management is often perceived as a barrier to transformation, but what if we engaged this layer as change agents? Good management gets a bad rap Ed Zitron’s critique of lazy back-to the-office articles in the media starts...
Old Wine in New Bottles
Sometimes change gets stuck between two worlds, and all we end up with is old structures with new branding. During a period of transition or paradigm shift, there is often an interim phase where we use new models to create a slightly better version of the old world...
Repeating the Mistake of Abstracting Social Connections in System Design
A few thoughts and links on scale, connection and mutualism in the design of social systems and organisations Scale, connection & mutualism in system design One of the repeated tragedies of ideologies and political systems is the pursuit of scale and control at...