Misc

After 9 years I have completed my term as a NED with Fusion21 Ltd. (though I am continuing as NED and Chair of the CoreHaus

I recall that the first question posed to me by the External Examiner for my doctoral viva (a thesis on the application of cybernetic ideas

In NHS2.0: Beyond Beveridge: NHS 2.0 we suggested that: “Contemporary technology applied intelligently would allow a transformation in management and the cost of the necessary

It is now some two years since Intelligent Nation (Routledge, 2021, available at all good bookshops) was published. In that very short time the need

In my recent paper for the National Preparedness Commission, I wrote: We have been driven by the pursuit of economic growth and efficiency above all,

According to a very unreliable source (twitter!) physicist Richard Feynman said: “You’re under no obligation to remain the same person you were a year ago,

In the UK the continuing feed of dire news, in particular for supply of energy and water, is disheartening. It seems that provision of these

John Beckford, President of Cybernetics Society and author of The Intelligent Organisation, and Edoardo Tealdi, VP of Digital at NTT DATA Services, talk about how

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