Adaptive Action - Human Systems Dynamics with Glenda Eoyang - Orgdev Episode 100

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This episode explores viewing organizations as complex human systems rather than machines, focusing on adaptive action in the face of change.

We'd love to hear from you so send us a message! Most organisations are still managed as if they can be controlled, predicted and engineered into success. But what if that assumption is the problem? In this episode of the OrgDev Podcast, we explore a different way of seeing organisations - not as machines to optimise, but as complex human systems that are constantly shifting, adapting, and responding to their environment. If you’re dealing with messy change, unclear direction, or patterns th...

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Hosts: Dani Bacon, Garin Rouch

Guest: Glenda Eoyang

Topics covered

• human systems dynamics
• adaptive action
• organizational change
• complex systems
• management
• entrepreneurship

Keywords

• adaptive action
• human systems dynamics
• organizational management
• complex systems
• change management
• entrepreneurship

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