Tag: Causal Models
Leading & Lagging
The terms ‘leading’ & ‘lagging’ are often used in relation to performance indicators. Confusingly, indicators can be leading and lagging at the same time. How can that be?
Seeing Brains
I love the comments I get from people who see a Causal Decision Canvas for the first time.
Once they get to grips with the cause-effect concept they start exploring the Canvas. They’re drawn into the story of the whole system, the dynamic structure, the feedback loops. Read more
Seeing a Silent IT Transformation
When an IT function set out to transform itself from an ugly duckling into a swan it wanted to make its ‘Silent IT’ strategy visible to the business.
Seeing the Value of EU Law
I was very proud to present my Subsidiarity Scoreboard work at the ECR Group Study Week in Krakow, Poland.
I was inspired by the people I met, especially those MEPs who are so passionate about their work and their dedicated policy advisers. I’m fascinated by the tension between ideological belief and evidence, claim and fact and this is the world they wrestle with daily.
My talk was about Seeing the Subsidiarity Gap; the idea of a scoreboard for making the gap between the predicted and actual added value of EU law more visible. Publishing this Scoreboard could influence the reform of lower value EU laws and even the legislative process itself. Watch the talk below.
I was however struck by another kind of gap; the gap between my own mental models and those immersed in EU law, economics and politics. And yet, in spite of this difference in mindsets and worldviews, how Systems Thinking can be a unifying approach however challenging the domain and context.
The study, sponsored by the New Direction Foundation for European Reform, is described in a bit more detail in the case study.
BRAND Performance
Client: BRAND
Company Type: Reputation Management Consultancy
To understand weaknesses within the business and introduce time management performance measures.
Fishbones
If you’ve had any exposure to continuous improvement thinking you’ll probably be familiar with the Fishbone Diagram. Read more
Measuring the Local Value of EU Law
Client: NEW DIRECTION – The Foundation for European Reform
Company Type: Non-profit Think Tank
To develop ideas for a Scorecard for measuring the local value of EU law.
Seeking Serendipity
Serendipity is finding something valuable by chance, a fortuitous discovery. Serendipity in business could mean tripping over the next Google by accident. Or spotting an opportunity you weren’t looking for in a corporate blind spot. Read more