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The Difference that Makes the Difference – Final Evaluation Report

by Leadership Centre | 2015

This report outlines findings from phase 2 of the evaluation of Systems Leadership – Local Vision, conducted by Bristol Leadership Centre on behalf of the Systems Leadership Steering Group. The report focusses on the outcomes and effects of the Local Vision projects in different localities and consider how local context enables or constrains the potential […]

Keywords:
Adaptive leadership, Clumsy solutions, Collective leadership, Complexity, Coproduction, Cultural change, Distributed leadership, Public services, whole-system, Wicked issues
Resource type:
Case studies, General information
Formats:
Downloadable documents

Systems Leadership Workshop : Beyond Boundaries

by Leadership Centre | 2015

The workshop was hosted at Bristol Business School on 3rd June 2015 The Leadership Centre, University of the West of England, and the Systems Leadership Steering Group brought together people and places involved in the Syste,s Leadership workstreams along with many other interested parties. The workshop had inputs from Keith Grint, Robin Hambleton and Joe Simpson. This […]

Keywords:
Adaptive leadership, Clumsy solutions, Complexity, Distributed leadership, whole-system, Wicked issues
Resource type:
General information
Formats:
Downloadable documents

Systems leadership: a view from the bridge

by Leadership Centre | 2015

Personal account of the practical lessons the author has learned while using systems leadership approaches in UK public services.

Keywords:
Clumsy solutions, Cultural change, Leadership development, Service integration, Systems theory, Wicked issues
Resource type:
General information, Tools and guidance
Formats:
Downloadable documents

Wicked problems and clumsy solutions: the role of leadership

by Leadership Centre | 2014

Influential article differentiating between tame, wicked and critical problems, and associating these with management, leadership and command approaches to their solution. Wicked problems need us to go beyond internally coherent approaches and adopt so called ‘clumsy solutions’ that use the skills of ‘bricoleurs’ to pragmatically engage whatever comes to hand  

Keywords:
Clumsy solutions, Complexity, Cultural change, Leadership development, Systems theory, Wicked issues
Resource type:
Scholarly research
Formats:
Downloadable documents