07 — Principle
Living systems.
Organisations are not machines. Living systems cannot be controlled — they can only become more capable.
08 — Method
Reading living systems.
Eight dimensions we listen for.
01
Warm Data
Relational information that lives between the numbers.
02
Patterns
What repeats, and what the repetition protects.
03
Resonance
Where energy rises — and where it drains away.
04
Meaning
The stories that make work worth doing.
05
Identity
Who the system believes itself to be.
06
Blind Spots
What cannot be seen from inside the system.
07
Beliefs
The unwritten rules that govern decisions.
08
Paradox
Tensions to be held, not resolved.
09 — Contrast
Before and after.
The old operating system
Before.
- Control
- Planning
- Fear
- Stress
- Projects
- Silos
What becomes possible
After.
- Trust
- Orientation
- Capability
- Shared Responsibility
- Emergence
- Movement