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The Human is a species not an individual. There are individual humans, however, they can only exist as part of the species. A single human individual is not a viable organism. The earth produced us as a species at a time that is recent in earth terms. We are still discovering the earth let alone our role within the earths evolution. We are like an infant at the breast ‘thinking’ in a self centred way and all is for us. Thus all other ‘being forms’ exist for us not in / with their own telos.

Organisation is the human setting for all meaning and purpose. There is nothing outside organisation. If there are possible other realities they are not accessible to us as individuals. We organise ourselves to access and learn about that reality. We capture data from our senses and from experiences produced within the organisational roles and purposes we have devised. We reflect within and upon our relationships and our endeavours in the organisations we participate within.

At TCL we aim to gain insight into the ways clients can understand performance and use these reflections to guide thinking and engagement with others in organisations. The biggest challenge is to understand. The biggest threat to understanding your performance is judgement, because it is in fear of understanding. The trade-off between understanding and judgement is the space for TCL efforts. We never fully know anything, learning is about remaining open to new data.

Collaboration expands our capacity to understand and manage risk. We must take risk to make decisions and that means using ‘partial / incomplete’ data to make those decisions. We learn how those decisions play out and seek new data.

Today hierarchy, bureaucracy and fragmented processes are a drag on businesses. These are not conducive to change. Energy is trapped in businesses because a control focus limits the use of most of the human energy. This model is highly expensive compared to innovative networked models.