Sep 17, 2019
Leadership coach Alistair Kidd returns to the Cloudbusting
Podcast to discuss how systems thinking can help organizations
overcome their transformation challenges. The team considers how
building an organizational map can help identify problems and
dynamics and how doing so can help leaders see their organization
through a different lens.
00:00 - Introductions
02:20 - News - What do the Google, Salesforce analytics deals mean for CIOs? - George Lawton - TechTarget
07:06 - Cloudy Cliffhanger Question
10:19 - Deep Dive - Organisational relatable systems and digital transformation
11:20 - What is ‘systems thinking’ and how does it relate to organizations?
13:02 - If I’m a cloud transformation director, how do I apply some of these concepts to what I’m doing?
16:25 - Build a map - Use constellations
19:57 - The knowns and the unknowns - What is the impact of change? How will the system respond?
23:30 - A different lens on the problem- Don’t be stuck in your own narrative.
25:30 - How can I start to apply systems thinking in my organization?
26:56 - Cloudy Cliffhanger Answer
29:49 - Ten Second Recommendation