COMMUNITY Peter Block Block argues that in order for successful change to happen, two interconnected processes have to occur: The cause of the problem has to be addressed and communities need to take ownership not only of the problem, but also for the...
SOCIETY 4.0 – FROM EGO-SYSTEM TO ECO-SYSTEM Otto Scharmer According to Scharmer there are different stages of economic development, from the Neolithic systems of 0.0 through to what he believes Western economies should be, Society 4.0. He claims...
THE TIPPING POINT Gladwell Gladwell believes that social change behaves in the same way as disease epidemics. Thoughts, ideas and behaviours spread through communities just like disease does. Drawing on the science of epidemiology Gladwell suggests that...
THE STRENGTH OF WEAK TIES Mark Granovetter While researching the ways in which people found work, Granovetter realised that people were actually finding work as a result of their weak ties, rather than their strong ones. This became the basis of The...
UNDERSTANDING NETWORKS A way of understanding the importance and function of networks. Networks are everywhere. They are the way that people connect and share information and they are tremendously powerful. An organisation is made up of several interconnecting...
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