by Rob Worth | 22 Jul 2021 | Writing tips
Is my baby ugly? How to get the best from a developmental editor. A developmental edit is not about spelling and commas but big questions about structure, flow, completeness and the reader. To get the best out of your developmental editor, remember three things: 1....
by Rob Worth | 19 Jul 2021 | Marketing
Are people already systems thinkers without knowing it? People already have an intuition about complexity and systems thinking. Systems thinkers often bemoan the lack of applied systems thinking. Yet, people have a natural tendency to understand these things, even if...
by Rob Worth | 15 Jul 2021 | Writing tips
3 examples of making sentences clearer and smoother Three examples of making sentences read better. They are taken from a line edit of a book I worked on recently. The main aims are clarity and smooth reading. Example 1 Organizations are complex, while their models...
by Rob Worth | 13 Jul 2021 | Complexity, Systems Thinking
Does systems and complexity need new words? New words can be useful, but they can also mislead, confuse and turn people away. Complexity and systems thinking is a different way to look at the world. It is easy to argue that to express new ideas, we need new words....
by Rob Worth | 9 Jul 2021 | Change
Are you doing the biggest thing that holds complexity and systems back? Some practitioners seem to think that saying “… and I didn’t tell them we were using systems thinking” is a good thing. It’s not. If we don’t tell people what we are doing, how will the...
