by Mark Harling | Oct 18, 2025 | Blog
It has always struck me that our models for managing change, while logically sound, often feel sterile and disconnected from the messy reality of human psychology. We follow the steps, create the plans, and communicate the vision, yet so often, transformation fails to...
by Mark Harling | Sep 27, 2025 | Blog, UK
The Rabbit Hole of Thought This is how my Saturday morning started… “I must be old fashioned.”“I hold old fashioned beliefs.”“Where these actually fashionable at some point?”“OK, so there were partial drives into these topics and some partial flashes in the...
by Mark Harling | Sep 21, 2025 | Blog, UK
The case of the crunchy gearbox My motorcycle has always had a crunchy gearbox from new. It’s well-known and there isn’t really a fix for it. However, many riders have found that buying a shorter lever from another model will shorten the travel and make gear switches...
by Mark Harling | Sep 2, 2025 | Blog, UK
Over this series, we’ve journeyed through the invisible landscape of organic choice points: those critical yet often overlooked moments where organisations either evolve or unravel. From cognitive blind spots that obscure early warnings to the cultural dynamics that...
by Mark Harling | Aug 26, 2025 | Blog, UK
The previous article revealed how time pressures (Chronos), missed moments of readiness (Kairos), and closing windows trap organisations. But the most profound barrier often lies within the leaders themselves. We readily discuss the glass ceiling for pay, but there is...
by Mark Harling | Aug 26, 2025 | Blog, UK
My previous articles have explored the fundamentals of organic choice points. In Article 1, we uncovered how cognitive biases and developmental limitations blind leaders to organic choice points, leaving them reacting to crises they could have foreseen. Article 2...
