The Necessity of Adaptive Strategy in a Complex World Being strategically adaptable is not a luxury—it is a requirement. Every company, regardless of size or
It is hard to survive in the jungle when you have been trained in a zoo. Sonja Blignaut Organisations invest a lot of money in
Whether you are thriving or just surviving in the current climate, the need has never been greater to build adaptive capacity. Some of the challenges
Wishing you a very Merry Christmas from AGLX! This comic was written by Meg Cummins & Steve McCrone, and illustrated by Meg Cummins. You can
The AGLX Asia Pacific team thoroughly enjoyed welcoming Dave Snowden and Anna Panagiotou from The Cynefin Company to Auckland last week. Whether it was sharing
We are very excited to announce that AGLX Asia Pacific has now opened an office in Singapore. Zhen Goh joins our team as Managing Director
Purpose Recently, Santa has noticed changes in his strategic environment and wanted to ensure that his organisation was resilient in the face of these changes.
Within the OODA loop, Orientation is what makes You You. What Makes You You. Cognition, consciousness, and perception of reality are emergent properties of Cultural
Steve is co-writing a book on complexity thinking with JP Castlin, due for release next year….watch this space. He was interviewed by Shann Biglione and
There are big shifts going on in the energy and utilities sectors, with changes in the social licence to operate and the rapidly shifting economic
Chances are you have never picked up and read his Aerial Attack Study—an Air Force official document that codified aerial maneuvers for pilots interested in
John Boyd’s Observe-Orient-Decide-Act (OODA) loop is often associated with fighter aviation where a human straps on a machine (fighter aircraft) and competes against another human-machine
Back in 2014, when the July 2013 Scrum Guide was current and before the book, Scrum: The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half
If you consider Information as the critical currency that needs to flow unimpeded within any team, then psychological safety is the lifeblood that transports this
I was introduced to Constraint-Led Approach a few weeks ago during the Navy’s Complexity Workshop. At the workshop, I was shown the book, Constraint-Led Approach:
PLANks: A hands-on and fun Team Development Intervention approach that targets the leadership and teaming skills behind organizational resilience, safety, and agility. We call it
Gouge: Lexicon borrowed from fighter aviation used to describe the essential lessons, tricks of the trade, skinny or poop, or inside scoop on what really
I think the next century will be the century of complexity. -Stephen Hawking I’m happy to share that a grassroots effort to embrace complexity and
The Oxford Review recently published a special report on High-Performance Teams now available on oxford-review.com. From 8,100 peer reviewed research papers, Dr. David Wilkinson and
From counter-terrorism to counter-errorism, the OODA loop and Cynefin framework are informing leaning-forward military strategists to safety analysts on how to navigate the complexity and
Many industry leaders found themselves in complex environments that had silently overwhelmed their traditional ways of operating. 20th century business practices that relied on process
In the few weeks since Planet Lean published an introduction to the The Flow System™, responses from around the world have been extremely positive. As
