The Fractured LensEssays by Rich Bennetts on the forces that shape how organisations work.https://www.thefracturedlens.com/en-nzSensemaking: What Karl Weick Meant, and What Organisations Did With Ithttps://www.thefracturedlens.com/sensemaking/https://www.thefracturedlens.com/sensemaking/Whoever assembles the version of the past decides what the organisation believes happened.Sun, 27 Sep 2026 01:00:00 GMTThe Alibi of Certainty: Accountability and its Quiet Sabotage of Learninghttps://www.thefracturedlens.com/the-alibi-of-certainty-accountability-and-its-quiet-sabotage-of-learning/https://www.thefracturedlens.com/the-alibi-of-certainty-accountability-and-its-quiet-sabotage-of-learning/An alibi for uncertainty has been found.Sun, 02 Nov 2025 16:24:00 GMTThe Review: A Ritual of Impossible Honestyhttps://www.thefracturedlens.com/the-review-a-ritual-of-impossible-honesty/https://www.thefracturedlens.com/the-review-a-ritual-of-impossible-honesty/Both are performing fluency in a script neither believes.Mon, 13 Oct 2025 14:58:00 GMTThe Mythology of Learning from Failurehttps://www.thefracturedlens.com/the-mythology-of-learning-from-failure/https://www.thefracturedlens.com/the-mythology-of-learning-from-failure/The lessons learned database fills with entries no one reads.Thu, 02 Oct 2025 09:44:00 GMTMichelle Fine: Through the Fractured Lens, Co-Creation, Power, and the Politics of Knowledgehttps://www.thefracturedlens.com/michelle-fine-through-the-fractured-lens-co-creation-power-and-the-politics-of-knowledge/https://www.thefracturedlens.com/michelle-fine-through-the-fractured-lens-co-creation-power-and-the-politics-of-knowledge/What changes when we move from research on communities to research with them?Thu, 18 Sep 2025 18:58:00 GMTThe Authenticity Trap: How "Being Your Whole Self" Became Another Form of Workplace Traumahttps://www.thefracturedlens.com/the-authenticity-trap-how-being-your-whole-self-became-another-form-of-workplace-trauma/https://www.thefracturedlens.com/the-authenticity-trap-how-being-your-whole-self-became-another-form-of-workplace-trauma/What happens when authenticity becomes compulsory?Mon, 01 Sep 2025 14:43:00 GMTThe Illusion of Psychological Safety: When Belonging Becomes Performancehttps://www.thefracturedlens.com/the-illusion-of-psychological-safety-when-belonging-becomes-performance/https://www.thefracturedlens.com/the-illusion-of-psychological-safety-when-belonging-becomes-performance/Safe to do what, exactly?Fri, 29 Aug 2025 10:22:00 GMTThe Coach and the Co-Author: Why Your Action Plan Is a Traphttps://www.thefracturedlens.com/the-coach-and-the-co-author/https://www.thefracturedlens.com/the-coach-and-the-co-author/The coach holds no secret knowledge.Thu, 21 Aug 2025 11:19:00 GMTThe Smooth Road to Nowhere: Why a Hunger for Friction is a desirable Leadership Traithttps://www.thefracturedlens.com/the-smooth-road-to-nowhere/https://www.thefracturedlens.com/the-smooth-road-to-nowhere/Friction is the texture of learning.Thu, 21 Aug 2025 11:15:00 GMTThe Theorist’s Toolbox: Debunking the Myth of “Practical” Leadershiphttps://www.thefracturedlens.com/the-theorists-toolbox/https://www.thefracturedlens.com/the-theorists-toolbox/Without a coherent theory, a leader is merely reacting to symptoms.Thu, 21 Aug 2025 11:11:00 GMTThe Algorithmic Shadow: AI and the Unravelling of a Meaningless World of Workhttps://www.thefracturedlens.com/the-algorithmic-shadow/https://www.thefracturedlens.com/the-algorithmic-shadow/AI is not a neutral tool.Thu, 21 Aug 2025 11:06:00 GMTThe Quiet Hand: Why Heroic Leadership Fails and How Co-Creation Unlocks True Potentialhttps://www.thefracturedlens.com/the-quiet-hand-why-heroic-leadership-fails/https://www.thefracturedlens.com/the-quiet-hand-why-heroic-leadership-fails/Co-creation is a deliberate act of power distribution.Thu, 21 Aug 2025 10:57:00 GMTThe Strategy Delusion: Deconstructing Organisational Failure Through the D.U.M.B. Lenshttps://www.thefracturedlens.com/the-strategy-delusion/https://www.thefracturedlens.com/the-strategy-delusion/We are addicted to the ritual of strategic planning.Thu, 21 Aug 2025 10:44:00 GMTIrene on Leadershiphttps://www.thefracturedlens.com/irene-on-leadership/https://www.thefracturedlens.com/irene-on-leadership/Leadership is often a lonely place.Tue, 15 Apr 2025 15:34:00 GMTEmbracing Continuous Change in the Workplacehttps://www.thefracturedlens.com/embracing-continuous-change-in-the-workplace/https://www.thefracturedlens.com/embracing-continuous-change-in-the-workplace/Change isn’t waiting for a roadmap.Sat, 12 Apr 2025 12:55:00 GMTWhy Change Doesn’t Fail Because People Resist Ithttps://www.thefracturedlens.com/why-change-doesnt-fail-because-people-resist-it/https://www.thefracturedlens.com/why-change-doesnt-fail-because-people-resist-it/What if resistance isn’t the problem?Wed, 09 Apr 2025 13:33:00 GMTCynefin Through The Fractured Lens: Rethinking Complexityhttps://www.thefracturedlens.com/cynefin-through-the-fractured-lens/https://www.thefracturedlens.com/cynefin-through-the-fractured-lens/The Complicated domain thrives on expertise, but who gets to be the expert?Sun, 06 Apr 2025 08:03:00 GMTWilliam Bridges’ Transition Modelhttps://www.thefracturedlens.com/william-bridges-transition-model/https://www.thefracturedlens.com/william-bridges-transition-model/The ‘new’ is perpetually arriving but never fully formed.Mon, 24 Mar 2025 16:29:00 GMTHow to Use The Fractured Lens in Practicehttps://www.thefracturedlens.com/how-to-use-the-fractured-lens-in-practice/https://www.thefracturedlens.com/how-to-use-the-fractured-lens-in-practice/Who benefits from things staying the same?Sun, 09 Mar 2025 16:34:00 GMTSeeing Through The Fractured Lens: How the Four Forces Interconnecthttps://www.thefracturedlens.com/seeing-through-the-fractured-lens-how-the-four-forces-interconnect/https://www.thefracturedlens.com/seeing-through-the-fractured-lens-how-the-four-forces-interconnect/When old meanings collapse, new struggles for power emerge.Sun, 02 Mar 2025 15:21:00 GMTThe Seduction of Certainty: Why We Cling to the Known Even When It Fails Ushttps://www.thefracturedlens.com/the-seduction-of-certainty-why-we-cling-to-the-known-even-when-it-fails-us/https://www.thefracturedlens.com/the-seduction-of-certainty-why-we-cling-to-the-known-even-when-it-fails-us/Leaders will stay the course long after it’s clear the strategy is failing.Sat, 01 Mar 2025 11:05:00 GMTPowerhttps://www.thefracturedlens.com/power/https://www.thefracturedlens.com/power/Power shapes what is thinkable and unthinkable.Sun, 09 Feb 2025 11:31:00 GMTBelonginghttps://www.thefracturedlens.com/belonging/https://www.thefracturedlens.com/belonging/To belong to one group is often to be separated from another.Sun, 09 Feb 2025 11:14:00 GMTMeaninghttps://www.thefracturedlens.com/meaning/https://www.thefracturedlens.com/meaning/A flag is just fabric until a nation assigns it meaning.Sun, 09 Feb 2025 10:31:00 GMTUnknowinghttps://www.thefracturedlens.com/unknowing/https://www.thefracturedlens.com/unknowing/To see clearly, we must first acknowledge that our vision is always partial.Sun, 09 Feb 2025 09:37:00 GMTThe Fractured Lens and Culturehttps://www.thefracturedlens.com/the-fractured-lens-and-culture/https://www.thefracturedlens.com/the-fractured-lens-and-culture/To understand culture is to understand what it does not question.Sun, 09 Feb 2025 08:54:00 GMTThe Fractured Lens: A Sensemaking Toolhttps://www.thefracturedlens.com/the-fractured-lens-a-sense-making-tool/https://www.thefracturedlens.com/the-fractured-lens-a-sense-making-tool/Power is never static, and change is rarely linear.Sun, 09 Feb 2025 08:42:00 GMTWhy “The Fractured Lens”?https://www.thefracturedlens.com/why-the-fractured-lens/https://www.thefracturedlens.com/why-the-fractured-lens/A single, unfractured lens creates the illusion of clarity.Sun, 09 Feb 2025 08:24:00 GMT