Thoughts on Human Systems

The regulated system: why relational intelligence is a sustainable growth strategy
Intelligence has always fascinated me. What is it? How can we measure it? What exactly does it bring to the definition of a person? Like any other topic of this nature, we all have our own definitions that we hear bandied about all over the place. Then it became part of machines, and we needed to start thinking about what exactly human intelligence was.

Building systems for the future
“Courage is resistance to fear, and mastery of fear, not the absence of fear.” Mark Twain

Building Intelligent Systems for Thriving
Nobody phrases it this way, but I think that artificial intelligence is almost a humanities discipline. It’s really an attempt to understand human intelligence and human cognition.” Sebastien Thrun

Why your brain is your most important leadership tool right now
“The brain is a muscle that can move the world.” Stephen King

Human infrastructure : cultures of care in an AI-hybrid world
“The simple act of caring is heroic.” — Edward Albert

Reclaiming Dialogue in the Age of AI Agents
The major problems in the world are the result of the difference between how nature works and the way people think. Gregory Bateson
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Upgrading: working with tech and human systems
“We are only as blind as we want to be.” Maya Angelou

From transaction to transformation: the human evolution of leadership
“The greatest danger in times of turbulence is not the turbulence; it is to act with yesterday’s logic” Peter Drucker

Ancient Rituals and the Power of Breath in the workplace
“Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor.” Thích Nhất Hạnh

Hosted by CFFO Chairman Roland Deiser, a mix of prominent thought and practice leaders explore these questions in an unscripted dialogue

Innovation, Transformation, and Reinvention: The Power of Regenerative Practice
“Regeneration goes beyond resilience or sustainability. Whatever is resilient, restored, robust, or sustainable resists or recovers from shocks and stays the same. Shocks make a regenerative business better. It rebounds by building the capacity to do and be more than it was before.” Carol Sandford

Leading teams in high growth systems
“Most musicians know about the unique state that is reached in the music sessions: you are not focused on yourself, you are focused on the collective action, on the others, on the music. Your self-consciousness is reduced and the perception of the synergy generated as a group is enhanced. There’s a pleasurable rewarding feeling about the idea of creating something together…” – Francisco Zamorano