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  • Deep change – Good change – Bad change

    Roozegaarde architecture studio – picture via Dezeen Some time ago, I initiated a conversation with some folks on “deep change”. What is it? What are the leverage points in organisations to make it happen? What are accelerators for deep change etc? One of my questions was “Can organisations change?” I received plenty of interesting feedback,… Read more

  • Sine Parole – 26 Apr 2017

    Artschool 2017 > “Overlap” Acryl on canvas stitched on wooden panel 125 x 85 cm Read more

  • Tokoma (poem)

    Tokoma Art installation – Petervan Productions 2017 With soundscape   Snijden zoals Fontana Berekend, bere-sterk, een-malig De kommer van het zwaard Vervelt haar tot een paardekop Geslagen en verslagen, moe Moe ligt ze daar te verwezen Wringend haar haar in nat Mat Patstelling van verwijten en verlangen Toka haar platform Ma haar ledigheid, lenigheid Leeg-heid,… Read more

  • Ochtend/Morning (poem)

    De lome ochtendsluimer Kijkt in mij binnen En raakt een snaar van stilte Welzijn, wel te zijn, zijn De irissen sissen fluisterend weg Verdacht Tussen de stenen Glimmende kikkers Kwakend van verstand Morning (rough translation) The lazy morning slumber Looks inside me And touches a chord of silence Well-being, be well, be The irises sizzle… Read more

  • Cogs in networks

    We use models and metaphors to make sense of our organisational structures, understand them, make predictions, apply change. Bee hive – via Bridging the Gap Some well known models are: Ants in colonies Bees in hives Apes in jungles Humans in neural networks Organisations as machines Hierarchies, wierarchies, holocracies Models are not reality. Models are… Read more

  • Can organisations change?

    I ask myself often whether organisations can change – really change – at all. I recently spoke to an HR person of a big worldwide corporation, and her answer was a strong “yes”. I am not so sure. Or maybe I am confused. As organisations are made of people (humans), would you have the change… Read more