Livingorganisations

At Living Organisations, we believe that engagement and learning at every node of your organisation is the key to the generative nature of adaptation in a world increasingly defined by disruption. Fixed structures of time, place and hierarchy aiming to provide stability, are of less relevance to the emerging world of work, enabled by technology and networks. While these changes present exciting opportunities for new work patterns, they also pose real challenges for how we approach decision making, control, communication, collaboration and making sense of complexity. Rising to these challenges require adaptability and coherence in our actions towards shared purpose. It requires a shift in our worldview that closer represents how nature works, less how machines work, and how we participate in the unfolding. It requires adaptive structures with the integrity to maintain boundaries around its purpose, yet flexible to support energy and information flow within its context. In short, it requires process that vitalise rather than extract. This generative energy for curiosity, learning and innovation is what enable organisations to learn and adapt. The purpose of Living Organisations is to facilitate the cultivation of these qualities. Guided by years of experience, informed by the latest systems thinking, complexity theory and supported by a network of thought leaders across the world, we build processes, tools and techniques that we believe to be the most relevant to our current and emerging contexts. Our service offerings aim to support organisations within the ecosystems they work, live and learn. Our focus areas: Engagement Strategies Project Management Thinking Partnerships Career and Life Transitions Epistemological Awareness Organisational Design