by Rob Malcolm | May 13, 2026 | Subject Area
Purpose isn’t established by slogans, branding efforts, or executive statements. Instead, it arises when people actively engage with real experiences, address underlying tensions, and collaboratively shape what is meaningful. In times of uncertainty and...
by Rob Malcolm | May 11, 2026 | Subject Area
Human judgement, AI augmentation, and organisational learning in practice Artificial Intelligence is changing how people: research, learn, analyse, model, communicate, and make decisions. Yet most discussions about AI quickly collapse into extremes: AI will replace...
by Rob Malcolm | May 7, 2026 | Subject Area
Adaptive Capacity depends not only on structures, processes, and knowledge but also on the mindsets people bring to interactions under uncertainty. Mindsets affect how individuals interpret situations, handle challenges, engage with others, and stay receptive — or...
by Rob Malcolm | May 5, 2026 | Subject Area
✍️ Seeing the System (what kind of system are we in?) Most organisations begin with an assumption: 👉 The world is understandable, predictable, and controllable. That assumption is often wrong. 🧠 Start with the nature of the situation From a systems perspective, the...
by Rob Malcolm | May 2, 2026 | Subject Area
Understanding how organisations learn, adapt, and fail over time Organisations are often treated as engineered systems. In practice, they behave more like living systems. They adapt—or fail to adapt—depending on how learning, relationships, structure, and action...
by Rob Malcolm | May 2, 2026 | Subject Area
Culture and Knowledge Culture is one of the most used—and least understood—concepts in organisations. It is often described as: “The way we do things around here.” This works because it is observable. But it is incomplete. It describes behaviour, not the mechanisms...