When the School for Cybernetics at ANU first reached out to Maverick Minds, I was intrigued and a little surprised. Afterall Cybernetics is not a term I use every day, and one of my first thoughts was, What do I know about Cybernetics?
The winds of change and uncertainty seem ever-present. But what if, instead of fearing change, we embraced it as an opportunity for growth and wellbeing?
After considerable experience supporting leaders and teams to transform their organisations, and asking many questions along the way, the time felt right to develop and share a series of questions I generally ask clients at the beginning of their enquiry as to how Maverick Minds can help them with their challenges and opportunities.
Do you go to conferences? Did it meet your expectations? What did you learn? What were you inspired to do? And what did you actually do?
The Innovation Edge: who has it?
What can we learn from both China and the West about the art of making, collaboration and Innovation?
Beyond the Woods: Innovation has become a buzz word, often seen as an organisational value, a core element of doing business and that thing that makes an organisation unique. It sounds good, and who doesn’t want to innovate, or who would say they don’t want to innovate? The paradox we face is that there is also an aversion towards it.