Books that see the world in surprising ways so that we can change it for the better
Exapt Press publish books about systems and complexity thinking and allied trades, such as agile, lean, organisational development, service design, and co-design.
New Books
Fifty years ago The Limits to Growth changed the world.
What did we learn? What did we do? What happens now?
Limits and Beyond: 50 years on from The Limits to Growth, what did we learn and what’s next? is available from Amazon stores all over the world in paperback and ebook.
With two of the original authors, Dennis Meadows and Jorgen Randers, joined by 19 world-renowned economists, thinkers, and analysts from across the globe, cultures, and genders, Limits and Beyond asks why nothing has happened in the last 50 years and what are the different ways of seeing and being that will set us back on the right track?
Can we stop collapse? Can we save ourselves and the planet?
The audiobook of Essential Balances: Stop Looking and Start Seeing What Makes Organizations Work has been released. Start listening with Audible (free with a trial subscription).
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The comedian stepped onto the stage holding a thick sheaf of A4 printer paper. He gave the audience a wink, glanced at the top sheet and read a joke. Silence. He dropped the piece of paper.
Open mic night
Years ago, friends and I went to a comedy club for some laughs and a burger.
Diagrams – Do they stop readers thinking?
A picture is worth a thousand words.
Or, a picture closes off a thousand thoughts.
To use pictures or diagrams to accompany, explain or clarify complex ideas is something that people take for granted.
If they won’t listen to your ideas, then what?
I finished the presentation and looked up at empty faces. I may as well have been telling knock, knock jokes for the previous thirty minutes.
In 2001, I was a software development team leader for a web/java team that built websites for JPMorgan Chase. We did it the same way as everyone else.
Then I discovered extreme programming (XP), which is an early Agile practice.