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Mark Foden
20 July 2016
Change strategy

Blueprint - Overhaul - Streamline - Turbocharge

Mark Foden
20 July 2016
Change strategy

We rely too much on machine imagery.  We need to think organism not mechanism: grow not build. 

Tagged: Adaptive Change, Complexity, NHS

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Mark Foden
19 May 2016
Change strategy

Going with the local grain

Mark Foden
19 May 2016
Change strategy

The NHS is embarking on efficiency reforms recommended in Lord Carter's recent report. It should be careful what it asks for.

Tagged: Adaptive Change, Healthchat, NHS

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Mark Foden
3 May 2016
Change strategy

The certainty of mowers, life and the EU

Mark Foden
3 May 2016
Change strategy

About how certainty can get in the way

Tagged: Change, Complexity, Government

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Mark Foden
8 January 2016
Communication

What is Transformational Change?

Mark Foden
8 January 2016
Communication

On terminology and the need for it to be simpler.  

Tagged: Change, Digital Transformation

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Mark Foden
31 October 2015
Change strategy

"What does 'good' look like?"

Mark Foden
31 October 2015
Change strategy

On what managers should (not) do to prmote change in uncertain circumstances. 

Tagged: Culture, Complexity, Healthchat, NHS, Wicked Problems, Leadership

1 Comment
Mark Foden
12 July 2015
Change strategy

Why I go to Glastonbury

Mark Foden
12 July 2015
Change strategy
Why I go to Glastonbury

About Glastonbury and why the problems of mud, camping, drugs, toilets, noise and crowds are irrelevant.

Tagged: Change, Collaboration, Leadership, Glastonbury

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Mark Foden
31 May 2015

Watching the clouds

Mark Foden
31 May 2015

On choosing what to pay attention to. 

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Mark Foden
23 May 2015
Change strategy

Drop the pilot

Mark Foden
23 May 2015
Change strategy

On the critical difference between pilots and experiments. 

Tagged: Agile, Business Change, Complexity

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Mark Foden
7 April 2015
Change strategy

The unquestioned folder assumption

Mark Foden
7 April 2015
Change strategy
The unquestioned folder assumption

On organising knowledge and the need to change mindset as well as tools. 

Tagged: Information management, Business Change

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Mark Foden
6 April 2015

"I'll talk to our developers about it"

Mark Foden
6 April 2015

On encouraging changes in the way government is running it’s IT. 

Tagged: Digital Transformation, MoJ

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