The previous posts in this series have explored Charles Handy’s use of the Sigmoid curve as a metaphor to explain the ups and downs of our lives, and the secret of jumping to a new wave before it is too late. Sometimes the curve we need to jump from is not just about our lives […]
… a new wave
The good news about the Sigmoid Curve – and its explanation of life the universe and everything – is that we are not restricted to a single curve. We can start a new curve, and if we have the courage we can make a jump to the new world. Handy refers to this as the […]
… the meaning of life
Over recent weeks I have found myself talking to various people in the real world in terms of “our thinking is broken”. The context of these conversations was the need to change and improve a series of linked internal processes. Reviewing yet another “management systems standard” approach to resilience for this blog got me thinking […]
… Disrupter analysis
I am always sceptical when I find articles that claim to identify or eliminate the so-called “Black Swan” events. Primarily as they appear to be derived from not having read, nor understood, Taleb’s definition of a Black Swan event. First point of definition, the event is outside the realm of regular experience and there is […]
… staying hungry and foolish
Yes, that title is associated with Steve Jobs – and therefore this post is inspired by his death this week – but it is not another “cult of the individual” tribute. In fact it is a tribute to the ideals encapsulated in that quote. Actually, the quote is not originally attributable to Jobs – he […]
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