flux publishing — Submission Guidelines

What you need to know before submitting your story

We are accepting submissions for our 2017Q1 series: Organisational Engineering & Organisational Psychology . To be considered for this cycle, submit your pitch by the 31st Jan using this form.

Who we’re looking for

Smart, opinionated people who write well and are interested in contributing to a collective body of work that explores the massive shifts we’re experiencing in business, technology, politics, education, society, and culture.

We want people with strong opinions, who are as likely to inspire readers as they are to enrage them. People who see the world differently. Who have perspectives outside of the norm. Who aren’t afraid to challenge received wisdom and laugh in the face of dogma.

What we’re looking for

Impassioned, personal, surprising, informed, unique stories that focus on liberating people and organisations (whatever that means to you!) We’re interested in fresh perspectives on things like:

Organisational psychology / Organisational engineering / Human behaviour / Group dynamics / Facilitation / Collective intelligence / The future of democracy / The future of education / The future of work / Mental health at work / Complex systems / Globalisation and business / Ethical business / etc…

Please don’t recycle tired theories or blindly follow whatever’s trending on Medium right now. Bring something new to the world.

And we’re not really interested in biased self-promoting stories for your company or product. However, don’t be shy with your links. And we’ll make sure it gets shared on everyone’s social channels.

If you want to know a bit more about Flux and our perspective on the world, check out Jim’s article It’s time to start changing the world, and Jon’s article Why we started an org redesign consultancy.

Submitting your story

Head to this form and add your details, story summary, and link to the full story if it already exists.

If we agree to publish your story, we will add you as a writer on our publication. From then on, you will be able to submit stories through Medium’s writing tools.

To submit your story for review, enter editing mode, click the ellipses (…) next to the Publish button, and select Add to publication. Select thingsflux, and click Submit draft for review.

By submitting your story for review, you are permitting us to:

• Provide feedback on your piece via private notes and email.
• Edit for grammar, spelling, and punctuation.
• Edit the title, subtitle, and tags as needed.
• Add images as needed.
• Add our branding and social media plugs.

Of course we will run all edits by you before we publish the finished product.

As per Medium’s policy, you retain all the rights to your story, and can republish your story anywhere. If you do choose to republish elsewhere, we ask that you give us a nod by adding the following to the end of your story:

Previously published by Flux Publishing at flux.am

Policies

• Sources: If you are using facts, data, ideas, or other information from published works, link them in context to their sources.
• Images: We encourage you to use your own images, or those licensed under the creative commons. Medium has a list of stock images that don’t suck. There’s also Flickr and The Stocks.

We’re super excited to receive your submissions so we can spread your amazing ideas across the world and help to liberate people and organisations.

Submission Guidelines inspired by and adapted from The Digital Culturists — it’s an awesome publication, check them out