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Mark Foden
28 December 2024
Government

On (American) Pragmatism

Mark Foden
28 December 2024
Government

How a (American) Pragmatist Party might lead the world from its current challenges

Comment
Mark Foden
23 May 2024

Trains, tickets and AI

Mark Foden
23 May 2024

An experiment with AIs

Comment
Mark Foden
27 January 2023

Petitions can polarise - we could assemble instead

Mark Foden
27 January 2023
Petitions can polarise - we could assemble instead

Citizens’ assemblies could offer a way of out of the political mess we are in - we should be experimenting with them

2 Comments
Mark Foden
18 March 2022
Change strategy

Bothered by systems thinking

Mark Foden
18 March 2022
Change strategy

A thought about systems thinking

2 Comments
Mark Foden
11 March 2021
Communication

I don't believe a word of it

Mark Foden
11 March 2021
Communication

A thought about rhetoric 

Tagged: rhetoric

3 Comments
Mark Foden
23 February 2021
Communication

Roadmap

Mark Foden
23 February 2021
Communication
Roadmap

On the appropriateness of metaphors

Tagged: metaphors

Comment
Mark Foden
16 October 2020
Communication

Signal, not WhatsApp

Mark Foden
16 October 2020
Communication

The Signal messaging app is better for us than WhatsApp - we should all use it

Comment
Mark Foden
13 February 2020
Communication

What do we know?

Mark Foden
13 February 2020
Communication
What do we know?

The model of the world we carry in our heads is perhaps not as dependable as we’d like to think.

Comment
Mark Foden
22 January 2020
Communication

We all love a good gossip

Mark Foden
22 January 2020
Communication

About how gossip signals opportunities for change

Tagged: Change

Comment
Mark Foden
15 January 2020

Complex responsive processes

Mark Foden
15 January 2020

An overview of the complex responsive processes of relating

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Dec 28, 2024
On (American) Pragmatism
Dec 28, 2024

How a (American) Pragmatist Party might lead the world from its current challenges

Dec 28, 2024
May 23, 2024
Trains, tickets and AI
May 23, 2024

An experiment with AIs

May 23, 2024
Jan 27, 2023
Petitions can polarise - we could assemble instead
Jan 27, 2023

Citizens’ assemblies could offer a way of out of the political mess we are in - we should be experimenting with them

Jan 27, 2023
Mar 18, 2022
Bothered by systems thinking
Mar 18, 2022

A thought about systems thinking

Mar 18, 2022
Mar 11, 2021
rhetoric
I don't believe a word of it
Mar 11, 2021
rhetoric

A thought about rhetoric 

Mar 11, 2021
rhetoric
Feb 23, 2021
metaphors
Roadmap
Feb 23, 2021
metaphors

On the appropriateness of metaphors

Feb 23, 2021
metaphors
Oct 16, 2020
Signal, not WhatsApp
Oct 16, 2020

The Signal messaging app is better for us than WhatsApp - we should all use it

Oct 16, 2020
Feb 13, 2020
What do we know?
Feb 13, 2020

The model of the world we carry in our heads is perhaps not as dependable as we’d like to think.

Feb 13, 2020
Jan 22, 2020
Change
We all love a good gossip
Jan 22, 2020
Change

About how gossip signals opportunities for change

Jan 22, 2020
Change
Jan 15, 2020
Complex responsive processes
Jan 15, 2020

An overview of the complex responsive processes of relating

Jan 15, 2020
Sep 6, 2019
Public Sector Reform, Government
What Dominic Cummings is doing
Sep 6, 2019
Public Sector Reform, Government

Dominic Cummings intention is to shock government into a different state of being, and not particularly to get the UK out of the EU

Sep 6, 2019
Public Sector Reform, Government
May 11, 2019
language
The trouble with words
May 11, 2019
language

How the vital mechanisms that enable us to communicate effectively can also cause polarisation.

May 11, 2019
language
Feb 24, 2019
Metaphors
Stand and deliver
Feb 24, 2019
Metaphors

How the use of the word Deliver is increasing and the problems caused by its use as a metaphor for bringing about complex change. 

Feb 24, 2019
Metaphors
Jan 10, 2019
Complexity
Funny old game
Jan 10, 2019
Complexity

Thoughts after the recent film “Brexit: The Uncivil War”, dysfunction in government and the new game we are in.

Jan 10, 2019
Complexity
Dec 21, 2018
Complexity, Leadership
On instability, pulling levers and taking control
Dec 21, 2018
Complexity, Leadership

Increased connectedness in the world is bringing unusual instability. The idea of “taking” control of it is not a very useful one. 

Dec 21, 2018
Complexity, Leadership
Dec 20, 2018
Complexity
The Clock and the Cat podcast
Dec 20, 2018
Complexity

Mark Foden’s new podcast - The Clock and the Cat - about complexity in organisations.

Dec 20, 2018
Complexity
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