Essential Dynamics with Derek Hudson

The cost of systems dysfunction is high. Let me count the ways...

Derek Hudson and Dave Kane are at Unconstrained.

Full show notes are on the Essential Dynamics Wiki.

Whether you see it or not, you have a system. If your system isn't working, you have a systems problem, and if you have a systems problem, you need a systems solution.

Derek Hudson and Dave Kane are at Unconstrained.

Full show notes are on the Essential Dynamics Wiki.

Dave and Derek explore ideas around maintaining the momentum. Hint: it's all about the energy flow!

Derek Hudson and Dave Kane are at Unconstrained.

Full show notes are on the Essential Dynamics Wiki.

Dave questions Derek on how to break inertia when there is not a sense of urgency.

Derek Hudson and Dave Kane are at Unconstrained.

Full show notes are on the Essential Dynamics Wiki.

Dave and Derek explore reasons organizations might stay comfortably stuck...but comfortable is more risky than you might think.

Derek Hudson and Dave Kane are at Unconstrained.

Full show notes are on the Essential Dynamics Wiki.

Dave and Derek discuss the pitfalls of targeting "low hanging fruit" when planning strategic improvements. They emphasize that not every improvement is beneficial and that taking the easy route can often be a distraction, or worse!

Full show notes are on the Essential Dynamics Wiki.

Derek Hudson and Dave Kane are at Unconstrained.

Dave and Derek explore why it is hard to effect real change in organizations. Then they talk about how to do it anyway.

Full show notes are on the Essential Dynamics Wiki.

Derek Hudson and Dave Kane are at Unconstrained.

Dave asks Derek some deep questions about Derek's recent blog post You Better Build a Birdhouse. Derek does not do a great job of answering, but important truths are highlighted nonetheless.

"We're looking for truth here. Truth can stand on it's own and it can come from anywhere. So let's get multiple voices in a room and try and understand cause and effect."

Full show notes are on the Essential Dynamics Wiki.

Derek Hudson and Dave Kane are at Unconstrained.

Angela and Derek continue the conversation. "The ability to think systemically is something which we're not taught at school... and yet it is the most important skill for anybody in any kind of leadership position in the world today to have."

Visit Intelligent Management for information on Angela Montgomery and her book, The Human Constraint.

Full show notes are on the Essential Dynamics Wiki.

Derek is at Unconstrained.

Angela Montgomery shares some thoughts with Derek on the origins of her upcoming book The Human Constraint.  "We cannot continue to live in a world where we are continuously undermined by the inability to think systemically."

Visit Intelligent Management for information on Angela Montgomery.

Full show notes are on the Essential Dynamics Wiki.

Derek is at Unconstrained.