The business world is experiencing a powerful shift: more companies are embracing self-managing organisations as a transformative model.

When you think about improving workplace productivity, you might picture spreadsheets, task lists, and maybe even a motivational poster...

Ever feel like you're swimming in a sea of chaos at work? Maybe you’re paddling just to keep afloat while emails, meetings, and the...

Imagine if every workplace was like a superhero team, with each member bringing their unique abilities to tackle challenges and achieve...

There is so much going on in Australia right now about the cultures of our Federal and various State parliaments. For example, Federal,...

A while ago I recorded a video about what we at Human Systems Co. call "cascading change" - using understanding of complexity and...

Conflict is really difficult, particularly in cultures that don't value directness. Here's some ideas for how to help with conflict.

It’s 2022 and still, on average, women are paid less, have less representation on leadership teams, and retire with less super. We also...

I've thought about organisational flexibility a lot. I've found that it mainly refers to "flexible" working arrangements - an umbrella...

In this previous post I made a distinction between "change" projects and the deep transformation work that we do at Human Systems Co. One...

Because of my recent involvement in the international community around organisational development and design, I've been thinking a lot...

Conflict resolution and culture in people-centred organisations

A large part of our work is to help our clients progress towards self-management. We believe in moving towards this (even if you don't go...

Business as we mostly know it today is "orange". In the model of reinventing organisations, an orange paradigm focuses on efficiency: the...

I say often that our transformation work is mostly a series of a million tiny things. We stack them up and up and up until things are...

Background to 'teal' Before I start, I probably need to give some background to why I'm attending an event called "Teal" - because that's...

I want you to think about "organisational change". Is your association with this positive or negative? For most people, organisational...

It's the start of 2021, where we look at our resolutions, which are often very personal. This year, we're encouraging you to think about...

Experimentation helps unpick established ways of working, and helps make the shift organisations need to start the change process.

When we set out to do organisational change work, largely based in self-management and empowerment, we had a sense that we wouldn't be selli