Creating Capability in Organisations to thrive in Complexity

The new challenges organisations are facing are not just getting more complicated; they are getting more complex and game changing. The capacity to deal with complexity is critical to assist leaders to make sense of advancing technology, fast changing markets, globalisation, cultural change, shifting power and polticis to survive and thrive into the future.

The Power of Vulnerability

Death is a great leveller.

This is a saying that I have heard many times, but until recently have not really felt or understood. You see, my Dad died about 7 weeks ago. I thought I was prepared (as I had the luxury of time to know it was coming), had completed a course on forgiveness and compassion, but nothing had prepared me for what has happened since. It feels like having a baby; nothing really prepares you for the emotional journey of being a parent.

The recognition of complexity and the requirement for a new way of thinking

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Lima takes us on a rapid scan of the way that we have thought about what we know and how historically we have imposed a particular hierarchical organisation onto our world so we could understand it simply. His recognition of our use of the tree metaphor, highly structured and hierarchical, to make meaning of the world around us for thousands of years is insightful, particularly in that it indicates how ingrained that way of thinking is in our education, language and culture.

Living leadership

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The following is an excerpt from an article written by John D. Schmidt for Kosmos in 2007. Rather than adapt his words we are quoting him directly; he writes eloquently and succinctly and Accelerated Evolution's approach to leadership and strategic development of organisations and people is essentially the same.

We thought the brief talk by Eckhart Tolle was a nice adjunct.

Enjoy.

 

The purpose of life is...to know oneself. We cannot do so unless we
learn to identify ourselves with all that lives.
Mohandas K. Gandhi

Holiday reflections and taking stock....

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"2011 was a year of global tumult, marked by widespread social and political uprisings, economic crises, and a great deal more. We saw the fall of multiple dictators, welcomed a new country (South Sudan), witnessed our planet's population grow to 7 billion, and watched in horror as Japan was struck by a devastating earthquake, a tsunami, and a nuclear disaster.

Preparing for waves of change

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Have a look at this video. While we are not specifically endorsing the politics or views of the authors, they usefully describe several elements people require to productively and creatively respond to changes in their (social, economic and ecological) environment. A business or an organisation is in most ways analogous to a community. While they generally have different political and power structures, both are 'strategic' systems; they exist for a purpose. Most of the elements that are requirements for creating resiliant communities are also required for robust businesses.

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