Six key ideas on changing the world

Are you trying to change the world? Here are some key ideas about how to go about it.

Changing ‘the system’

What is ‘the system’ and how should we think about changing it?

What will an organisation or effort look like if we remember we’re up against an adaptive challenge?

Why it’s useful to distinguish between ‘adaptive’ and ‘technical’ change/challenges.

You don’t win a chess match by sticking to a simple plan of exact moves, written before the game.

So you think that getting people onto bicycles, walking, public transport, and out of their cars is going to be easy?

Is this intervention, at this point, doing more good than harm, or more harm than good?

It’s not you it’s me. I’m sorry. I know I said I loved you…