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The politics of uncertainty.
...and how novelty requires redundancy, not efficiency
Sep 28 • 
Chris Mowles
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Improving performance
From KPIs to group mindedness
Sep 23 • 
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The tools and techniques of social change
On the attempt to predict and control
Sep 10 • 
Chris Mowles
5
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Playing the ratings game
How consumerism reduces qualities to quantities
Sep 2 • 
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August 2025

It’s all very well being critical, but what should we do?
On the importance of thinking without a bannister
Aug 29 • 
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Reflecting on what it means to be human
AI and the Art of Management 25th Aug Sydney
Aug 25 • 
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Organising as continuous conversation
The business of talk
Aug 23 • 
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Leading with a passion
On logistics, sandwiches and Max Weber
Aug 20 • 
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Always going forward
On the idealisation of the future at the expense of the past
Aug 19 • 
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Delivering change
There is no thing to be delivered
Aug 14 • 
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On the limits to 'sending out a clear message'
Gesture and response
Aug 10 • 
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Finding good enough ground for now
On the ubiquity of 'leveraging' the tangible and the intangible.
Aug 9 • 
Chris Mowles
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