There are no quick fixes – A look at the global risks of 2019

by Hamish Wilson/

“We are drifting deeper into global problems from which we will struggle to extricate ourselves.” This bleak outlook summarises the World Economic Forum’s recently published Global Risks Report. The scale, complexity and urgency of such challenges is breathtaking.

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How do you create change in the face of complex systems challenges?

by Kate Simpson/

What do you do when faced with a problem so vast so complex and so confusing that you can’t really work out what’s going on and have little idea what to do or where to start? The short easy answer is – you don’t work on it; the longer, harder answer is you work on the conditions that create the problem.

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What’s the difference between a complex or complicated problem?

by Kate Simpson/

What’s the difference between 12 boys trapped in a cave and 20 trapped in an orphanage in Lybia? All children, all victims of circumstances not of their own making (except perhaps those in the cave).

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70 years of the NHS — Bring on the next 70 years

by Kate Simpson/

For 70 years the NHS has been providing not just health care free …

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Expect the unexpected (unless you are Isaac Newton)

by Kate Simpson/

If we don’t know what will work, then how on earth do we work out what to do? Traditional approaches to change management assume there are a set of rules which will …

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Talking complexity and change: An interview with Roshan Paul

by Hamish Wilson/

As we try and learn how to make change happen in complex systems we are seeking out the stories, experiences and advice of other pioneers (and there are lots of them).

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