Category Archives: Systems Thinking

Re-Designing Unemployment

Posted on September 25, 2013 by whatsmypurpose123

I recently got round to watching a programme I had been meaning to watch for a while after I saw the trailer for the show. The programme in question was called: Secret Millions. The series aired and was backed by … Continue reading →

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Sir Alex Ferguson Systems Thinker? Blueprint for Success

Posted on September 22, 2013 by whatsmypurpose123

Thought this was relevant considering Manchester United’s battering at the hands of their nearest rivals Manchester City today. This might be worth a read Mr Moyes if you fancy it haha. Also worth a read for the chairman at Sunderland … Continue reading →

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Purpose is all good and that, but at the end of the day we have to remember we are a business

Posted on August 31, 2013 by whatsmypurpose123

Recently I have heard having discussions with people about the company they work for who have said: “purpose and doing it is all good and that, but at the end of the day we have to remember we are business” … Continue reading →

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Mmmmm Lean tastes Gooood

Posted on August 31, 2013 by whatsmypurpose123

I was talking to one of my friends Chris who highlighted to me that he had recently seen something quite interesting on a popular programme called The Great British Bake Off. He was on about one of the contestants who … Continue reading →

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I’m not sharing

Posted on August 29, 2013 by whatsmypurpose123

We see this all the time when kids are either greedy, nasty or just simply don’t want to share. Well I say you only see kids do this,actually I see adults around me doing this all the time. The reason … Continue reading →

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“I Want to Buy That Rock”

Posted on August 28, 2013 by whatsmypurpose123

This blog is inspired by a recent conversation with a friend of mine who shall remain anonymous Many of you will know this classic scene from The Simpsons, when Homer celebrates the expensive “Bear Patrol” created by city government as … Continue reading →

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Purpose is like a religion

Posted on August 27, 2013 by whatsmypurpose123

Purpose is like a religion: This is something I have had thrown at me recently as well as its a cult or some secret society. Just the same as targets which when that came out as a different way of … Continue reading →

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“Everybody’s talkin about it”

Posted on August 27, 2013 by whatsmypurpose123

☝name someone from every department in the building you work in, if you can’t then find out you never know when they will help you meet your purpose. Departments working together and not apart is essential I was recently speaking … Continue reading →

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When Thinking doesn’t Match the Purpose

Posted on August 27, 2013 by whatsmypurpose123

^^ is he killing the club depends on your view of what your purpose is This is my first blog so be gentle ha With the return of Joe (joke) Kinnear, Newcastle’s lack of signings and their less than to … Continue reading →

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