The Fractured Lens Blog | Systems Thinking, Leadership & Organisational Insight

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Seeing the World Differently

The Fractured Lens is not about giving you answers. It’s about exposing the hidden forces shaping what you believe to be true.

Every system, every decision, every cultural norm is constructed, held together by meaning, belonging, power, and the limits of what we think we know. This thinking space is where we interrogate those forces.

Where we explore why the world is the way it is, and how we might see it differently.

If you’re looking for certainty, you won’t find it here. But if you’re willing to question, unlearn, and step into complexity, you’re in the right place.

Irene on Leadership

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Embracing Continuous Change in the Workplace

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Why Change Doesn’t Fail Because People Resist It

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Cynefin Through The Fractured Lens: Rethinking Complexity

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William Bridges' Transition Model

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How to Use The Fractured Lens in Practice

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Seeing Through The Fractured Lens: How the Four Forces Interconnect

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The Seduction of Certainty: Why We Cling to the Known Even When It Fails Us

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Power

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Belonging

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Meaning

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Unknowing

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The Fractured Lens and Culture

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The Fractured Lens: A Sense making tool

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