by Rob Malcolm | May 21, 2026 | Source Note
Most presentations of Theory U describe a leadership journey or staged transformation process. However, in practice, organisational learning rarely unfolds as a neat linear progression. Instead, awareness, dialogue, relationships, action, and perception continuously...
by Rob Malcolm | May 18, 2026 | Source Note
What is the Great Inertia? Let’s start by looking at the narrative: 📖In Adapt, Survive and Flourish, after an afternoon of drinking with his friends, Marko, a second-year university student, notices Judy, the founder of the Tuesday Night Survivors Club, sitting next...
by Rob Malcolm | May 15, 2026 | Source Note
What it is A Common Data Model (CDM) is the governed, integrated representation of the organisation’s shared data meaning. It brings together coherent Subject Areas into a common enterprise structure so that people, systems, reports, analytics, governance processes...
by Rob Malcolm | May 14, 2026 | Source Note
Many organisations attempt to understand themselves through: organisational charts, process maps, systems maps, project plans and specifications, or reporting structures. Organisations often mistake partial representations for holistic understanding. Yet these often...
by Rob Malcolm | May 12, 2026 | Source Note
Systems thinking is not primarily about diagrams, models, or technical frameworks. It is about learning to see relationships, interactions, consequences, and patterns that are otherwise hidden. Most organisations naturally default toward: isolated problems, linear...
by Rob Malcolm | May 12, 2026 | Source Note
The Core Problem Many organisations assume meaning is created when information is distributed. It is not. People can: attend the same meeting, read the same report, use the same terminology, and still leave with very different interpretations. Information transfer...