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Levels, Emergence and the Freedom/Discipline Duality
Levels, Emergence and the Freedom/Discipline Duality
“Faced with the choice between changing one’s mind and proving that there is no need to do so, almost everyone gets busy on the proof.” —…
Aidan McCullen
Aug 30
From LUCA to VUCA to BANI: The Evolutionary Sieve
From LUCA to VUCA to BANI: The Evolutionary Sieve
“Change and innovation in human endeavours follow adaptive evolutionary mechanisms akin to change and innovations in biological nature…
Aidan McCullen
Aug 22
Shifting Perspectives: From Mechanistic Machines to Living Systems
Shifting Perspectives: From Mechanistic Machines to Living Systems
“Deep in most of us, below our awareness, indelibly implanted there by three centuries of the industrial age, is the mechanistic…
Aidan McCullen
Aug 7
From Bias Tyres to Biased Minds: The Road to Firestone’s Failure
From Bias Tyres to Biased Minds: The Road to Firestone’s Failure
“Once a detective decides that he or she has found the killer, the confirmation bias sees to it that the prime suspect becomes the only…
Aidan McCullen
Aug 1
Technical Debt is anchored in Psychological and Organisational Debt
Technical Debt is anchored in Psychological and Organisational Debt
“The hardest part of these decisions was neither the technological nor economic transformations required. It was changing the culture —…
Aidan McCullen
Jul 25
It was the Worst of Times, Then the Best of Times: Turmoil and Turnaround at The Times
It was the Worst of Times, Then the Best of Times: Turmoil and Turnaround at The Times
“People thought it was a document staring into the future. But it was a culture document and it was just about trying to create the…
Aidan McCullen
Jul 19
Knowledge Without Action: Aprés Moi Le Déluge?
Knowledge Without Action: Aprés Moi Le Déluge?
For Paid Substack Subscribers, we have a live session coming soon with Tony Ulwick, a pioneer of the Jobs-to-be-Done Theory and the…
Aidan McCullen
Jul 11
From Shark Fin Surges to Proximity Precision: How Levi’s Mastered the Wave Machine
From Shark Fin Surges to Proximity Precision: How Levi’s Mastered the Wave Machine
Yogi Berra famously quipped, “Predictions are difficult, especially about the future.”This rings especially true in today’s dynamic…
Aidan McCullen
Jul 4
Conquest and Curiosity: Soldier vs Scout, Exploit vs Explore
Conquest and Curiosity: Soldier vs Scout, Exploit vs Explore
“Organisations, by their very nature are designed to promote order and routine. They are inhospitable environments for innovation.” ~…
Aidan McCullen
Jun 27
Prisoner of a Paradigm: Ford’s Rigid Rut
Prisoner of a Paradigm: Ford’s Rigid Rut
“Business men go down with their businesses because they like the old way so well they cannot bring themselves to change. One sees them all…
Aidan McCullen
Jun 20
Hidden Imprints: Sony’s Samskaras = Apple’s Advantage
Hidden Imprints: Sony’s Samskaras = Apple’s Advantage
“Our eyes are not viewers; they’re also projectors that are running a second story over the picture that we see in front of us all the…
Aidan McCullen
Jun 13
Scapegoats in Suits: Bad Apples or Rotten Barrels?
Scapegoats in Suits: Bad Apples or Rotten Barrels?
“The search for a scapegoat is the easiest of all hunting expeditions.” — Dwight D. Eisenhower
Aidan McCullen
Jun 5
The Power of Progress:Enhancing Motivation in the Workplace and Beyond
The Power of Progress:Enhancing Motivation in the Workplace and Beyond
“Consistent daily progress by individual employees fuels both the success of the organisation and the quality of those employees’ inner…
Aidan McCullen
May 30
The Cobbler’s Children:Walking The Espoused Talk
The Cobbler’s Children:Walking The Espoused Talk
“Everyone sees what you appear to be, few experience what you really are.”― Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince
Aidan McCullen
May 23
Getting Out of The Building: Dragonflies, Dummies & Proctoids
Getting Out of The Building: Dragonflies, Dummies & Proctoids
“Given such strong defences against change, fresh ideas come from those who do more than think outside the box. They think outside the…
Aidan McCullen
May 15
Epigenetic Echoes: History and Genetics Influence Organisations
Epigenetic Echoes: History and Genetics Influence Organisations
“Epigenetics can allow environmental effects to be lifelong, or even multigenerational.” — Robert Sapolsky
Aidan McCullen
May 9
Counterclockwise Corporations
Counterclockwise Corporations
“Don’t stop playing just because you’ve grown old, or you’ll grow old because you’ve stopped your play…. You’re never too old to be young……
Aidan McCullen
May 3
Hold, Hold, Plan, Plan, Too Late: The High Cost of Hesitation
Hold, Hold, Plan, Plan, Too Late: The High Cost of Hesitation
“Companies whose investment processes demand quantification of market sizes and financial returns before they can enter a market get…
Aidan McCullen
Apr 24
Burning Down The Building (Platform) Next Door
Burning Down The Building (Platform) Next Door
“Emotionally, it’s easier to change when you’re haemorrhaging.” — Andy Grove
Aidan McCullen
Apr 17
The Perils of “We Tried That Already”
The Perils of “We Tried That Already”
“There is nothing more difficult for a truly creative painter than to paint a rose, because before he can do so he has first to forget all…
Aidan McCullen
Apr 11
Retrenching the Organisation:Aligning Structure with Strategy
Retrenching the Organisation:Aligning Structure with Strategy
“The greatest danger in times of turbulence is not the turbulence; it is to act with yesterday’s logic.” — Peter Drucker
Aidan McCullen
Mar 26
The Micro Fracture Effect: The Value of Micro Losses
The Micro Fracture Effect: The Value of Micro Losses
“Innovation is the ability to see change as an opportunity — not a threat.” — Steve Jobs
Aidan McCullen
Mar 20
“I” Curves and the Power of the Pre-Installed Base
“I” Curves and the Power of the Pre-Installed Base
“The future enters into us, in order to transform itself in us, long before it happens” — Rainer Maria Rilke
Aidan McCullen
Mar 15
Emptying the Organisational Cup
Emptying the Organisational Cup
“The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled” — Plutarch
Aidan McCullen
Mar 6
A Warrior in a Garden or Gardener in a War?
A Warrior in a Garden or Gardener in a War?
“It is better to be a warrior in a garden, than a gardener in a war.” — Miyamoto Musashi
Aidan McCullen
Mar 1
The Perils of Procrastination: Decision-Making in Mature Organisations
The Perils of Procrastination: Decision-Making in Mature Organisations
“The opportunity is often lost by deliberating.” — Publilius Syrus, 43BC
Aidan McCullen
Feb 23
Murmuration Organisations: Flying Haier
Murmuration Organisations: Flying Haier
“After the arrival of the Internet, we realised that under this triangular hierarchical structure, people had a difficult time adapting. So…
Aidan McCullen
Feb 15
The Capability Cap: Is Your Strategy Writing Cheques, Your (Corporate) Body Can’t Cash?
The Capability Cap: Is Your Strategy Writing Cheques, Your (Corporate) Body Can’t Cash?
“The alignment, or congruence, between strategy and four organisational building blocks: critical tasks and workflows, formal…
Aidan McCullen
Feb 8
Rewiring For Renewal: Getting Your House in Order
Rewiring For Renewal: Getting Your House in Order
“If the rate of change on the outside exceeds the rate of change on the inside, the end is near.” — Jack Welch
Aidan McCullen
Jan 31
The Paradoxical Power of Boundaries: Innovation Hunting Zones
The Paradoxical Power of Boundaries: Innovation Hunting Zones
“The more constraints one imposes, the more one frees one’s self.” — Igor Stravinsky
Aidan McCullen
Jan 25
Displacing Jerks: 7s Hire 5s, and 9s Hire 10s
Displacing Jerks: 7s Hire 5s, and 9s Hire 10s
“7s Hire 5s, 9’s hire 10s”. — Jeffrey J. Fox
Aidan McCullen
Jan 18
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