The fourth issue of Human Insight’s Feedforward: news, developments, new thinking and new applications of business ecology, complex change, authentic leadership and visions of organisational futures. In this issue we’re focusing on the leadership challenges in the global economic crisis – and how business ecology can help leaders meet them.

Adaptive Partnering for Survival and Growth

‘As we face huge economic challenges partnering is a winning formula to ensure survival and deliver growth at the same time’ writes our colleague Brad Matthews, lead consultant at Frost and Sullivan. He uses S-curve analysis to show how companies can cope with these strategies and come through the recession with increased market share and competitive gains.

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Fractal Leadership: Emerging Perspectives for Worldly Leaders

Our colleague Tim Harle is talking at the European Business Ethics Network UK Conference and a Leadership Trust symposium of Henry Mintzberg’s idea of worldly leaders over the next two months. Using the business ecology idea of leadership consistency to develop his ideas of Fractal leadership.

Click here for an abstract of Tim’s leadership talk.

How Effective is Your Outsourcing? The ACT-cube^® helps you find out

We have met with a number of organisations to explore how the ACT-cube® can help them address some of the key issues they’re facing in a turbulent economy. Here is an early work-in-process prior to a major article on their findings which we’ll feature in the next Feedforward.

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New Learning & Certification from Human Insight

We’ve reorganised, remodelled and improved the wide range of learning opportunities we offer to get you started – and expert - in business psychology concepts, techniques and tools.

Click here to read about the first four courses in our new range.

A Special Offer to Certified Users of the AEM-cube^®

A special offer to all existing users of the AEM-cube®. Business ecology and the tools that embody it have developed rapidly in the past 18 months. Now’s a good time to refresh your existing knowledge and skills and find out the latest thinking. So, take a refresher course during 2009  and you’ll receive it free of charge. All we ask is that you come prepared to contribute your thoughts and experiences. Contact Human Insight for more detail.