Sonja Blignaut

Wayfinding in Complexity: Threads from an Emerging (and Remembered) Field by @sonjabl medium.com/p/wayfinding-i…

I appreciate all the feedback (including the challenges) to the work I'm doing with @goranhenriks & others around how we enable deep, profound change as well as continuous incremental change. So it was great to read this thought provoking piece by @sonjabl which compares our emerging themes with her approach called "Waysfinding". We need this new thinking and practice because many of our current approaches to change aren't fast or deep enough: sonjablignaut.medium.com/waysfinding-sy…

"ReVerb"ing the world, by @sonjabl open.substack.com/pub/sonjablign…

@erik_schon Labels help when they are temporary. The world began without labels … LOVE that :)

I just published Lost in Translation - reflections on the challenges of finding language in new frontiers. link.medium.com/t6b6SLFIXNb

@HBORGESG Thanks Helio!

@sonjabl Summing it up, Complexity IS life. Thank you for your inspiring and thought provoking articles

We demonize complexity when we make it synonymous with "problem". We know that not all problems are complex, but we need a reminder that complexity is not always a problem. Complexity isn’t good or bad, it just is. Opportunity also lies within the complexity.

Complexity brings beauty & nuance to our art & stories ... Complexity enlivens relationships & conversations ... Complexity powers the rich, interconnected web of life ... Life without complexity would not be worth living. In fact, without it, life as we know it couldn't exist.

"If you’re just thinking and not actually moving, you’re not waysfinding yet… Whenever we take a step, our situation changes." Finding your way through the messy middle. - @sonjabl link.medium.com/txNcM7Zv1Lb

@Wise I used to recommend you to friends and colleagues, but in the last few weeks your support service has been absolutely shocking, so no more. I've been unable to access my account for 2 weeks. Calls/emails have been ineffective, hoping this post will trigger positive action.

'The difficulty of complex thought is that it must face messes … interconnectedness among phe- nomena, fogginess, uncertainty, contradiction. (Edgar Morin, On Complexity, 2008: 6)' Enabling coherent explore spaces by @sonjabl link.medium.com/DgGeZQMjjwb

I just published Finding your way through the messy middle. link.medium.com/UeaVk2WGELb

“Embracing messy coherence requires us to let go of long-held assumptions of a world where stability, certainty and predictability are the norm. In this world, we were taught to use linear, deterministic management methods and tools and also…” — @sonjabl link.medium.com/Sq8SZ6Kd3db

@chmascarin @PaulJocelyn I believe many leaders are stuck in systems that keep these priorities and ways of leading in place, and many are ‘sad’ as you put it. So these would need to change to enable your ‘what if’.

What if leaders were actually feeling sad about how they are driven to lead ? What if this feeling was the starting point of #change ? What if leaders started to trust their employees to lead organisational transformation ? @sonjabl @PaulJocelyn

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NEW PODCAST EPISODE WITH NATASHA REDMAN - COMPLEXITY FITNESS: playpodca.st/casadecambio - What is #complexityfitness? - How can an organisation get complexity fit? - What is #waysfinding? - #beCOOL when finding yourself or your organisation in uncharted waters

“If everything was certain where would adventure be” from @sonjabl great talk about #complexity youtu.be/nY3tUo8v5OI?si…

My talk at the 2023 Lisbon World #Agility forum ... #complexity is not a problem to solve or something to avoid ... it is an invitation to become explorers and #wayfinders that co-create completely different futures ... youtube.com/watch?v=nY3tUo… #beCOOL #complexityfitness

As always, lots of food for reflection. Thank you Sonja! “We can meet the complexity with complexity.” — @sonjabl link.medium.com/Tixm5VP13Eb

If you're in Cape Town on 3 November, consider joining me and @teamcoach for a workshop on Wayfinding Leadership. Take advantage of this unique opportunity to learn from Michael's work with some innovative European companies. Seats are limited. crisp.se/kurser/wayfind…