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Oct 3, 2019 3 tweets 3 min read Read on X
About to speak at #ep2019 for @empoweredpeopl4 on the topic of "Anticipating disruptions: learning from examples of triumph and disaster" Image
@empoweredpeopl4 And after lunch, my next #ep2019 session for @empoweredpeopl4 is "Transformational change: why it frequently founders - and how to succeed" Image
@empoweredpeopl4 Mentioned during informal discussion after this #ep2019 session: "The Capture", the BBC's current drama series which features the real-time editing of live video feeds, and in which things generally turn out disturbingly different from first impressions bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod…

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