5 Minutes on: Driving Systemic Change with Information
Interview with John Beckford, President, The Cybernetics Society John gives CXO 5 minutes on why leaders must prioritise adaptability above all else, what cyber-effectiveness is
Interview with John Beckford, President, The Cybernetics Society John gives CXO 5 minutes on why leaders must prioritise adaptability above all else, what cyber-effectiveness is
We need to rethink the organisation. We must break from the traps of historic convention, stop managing the wrong things and embrace an adaptive synthesis
When we talk about an organisation as ‘intelligent’ we are describing its ability to synthesise people, processes and information into a capability to co-adapt with
An intelligent organisation is one which integrates and synthesises people and behaviours with process and structure in order to fulfil purpose – all of it
A: The study of self-managing systems. Any system, to be considered cybernetic, must manage itself in an environment towards an outcome (a goal or objective),
An email to the local medical practice to request medical advice produced a response advising to ‘call at 0800 for an appointment with your doctor’.
A friend of mine, semi-retired and financially comfortable had been constructively using his time up a scaffolding tower and roof ladders repairing some loose roof
Received this from a friend and thought it worth sharing: My mobile phone bills keep getting sent to my old address, forwarded by the post
Apr 2014 Originally published on Loughborough University’s School of Business and Economics website While thinking about this post I enjoyed a conversation with my adult
In this guest blog, Catherine Lawes offers a personal perspective on Covid 19, vaccines and vaccination considered as a system. I took my mother to
The vicissitudes of 2020 have greatly accelerated the pace of adoption of virtual and digital means of interaction with not just family and friends but
I was pleased when Messrs Cummings and Cain departed Downing Street recently. This was not because of anything they had done, not done, believed in