One of the fun things to do as part of understanding trends is to go deep in the sense of inquiry, to uncover the deep narratives that we hold about society. I like a specific version of this, called Causal Layered Analysis (CLA). Why would we want to do this? …

Industrial Revolutions The focus on these interactions helps us to look at how systems change as changes in any of the subcomponents. The original Industrial Revolution would be a clear example of these changes — the adoption of steam technologies led to the reorganisation of society and economy in the United Kingdom. …

Assumptions connect with intentions, and that connects with design. This is why causal layered analysis might be an important tool that ought to be more connected with design. Causal layered analysis (CLA) is a framework that enables people to think through the myths undergirding structures and issues that we see…

Exploring Facilitation and Facilitative Leadership as core organizational capability to thrive in the VUCA world — “The crisis of our time isn’t just a crisis of a single leader, organization, country, or conflict. The crisis of our time reveals the dying of an old social structure and way of thinking, an old way of institutionalizing and enacting collective social forms.” ~C. …