Chris Mowles
@mowlescomplexity.bsky.social
Professor of Complexity and Management at the University of Hertfordshire. Blogs at https://chrismowles.substack.com/. Author of Complexity: a key idea for business and society.
Pulling levers for organisational change
Or taking talk and identity seriously
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February 3, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Different perspectives on what's important in organisational life.
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'An organisation is not a talking shop' - or is it?
Different approaches to researching organisational life
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January 27, 2026 at 7:28 PM
Different perspectives on what's important in organisational life.
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Booking for this year's Complexity and Management Conference 5th-7th June 2026 is live: www.eshop.herts.ac.uk/pd/2632/comp...
The title of the conference is: 'What does it mean to say the world is complex? Implications for practice.' We are delighted to have Jean Boulton as our key note speaker.
The title of the conference is: 'What does it mean to say the world is complex? Implications for practice.' We are delighted to have Jean Boulton as our key note speaker.
Complexity and Management Conference 2026
Transformative possibilities in the everyday – habit, affect and the unconscious.
www.eshop.herts.ac.uk
January 13, 2026 at 7:21 PM
Booking for this year's Complexity and Management Conference 5th-7th June 2026 is live: www.eshop.herts.ac.uk/pd/2632/comp...
The title of the conference is: 'What does it mean to say the world is complex? Implications for practice.' We are delighted to have Jean Boulton as our key note speaker.
The title of the conference is: 'What does it mean to say the world is complex? Implications for practice.' We are delighted to have Jean Boulton as our key note speaker.
Is supervision a unique relationship, or does it say something about about professional relationships. in general? chrismowles.substack.com/p/thinking-a...
Thinking about supervision
Professional intimacy in a tradition of transmission
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January 8, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Is supervision a unique relationship, or does it say something about about professional relationships. in general? chrismowles.substack.com/p/thinking-a...
I was invited onto the OrgDev Podcast with Garin & Dani. We talked about a great range of things: the role of anxiety and emotions in organisations, the limitations of grids and frameworks, on what we mean by being accountable to one another. youtu.be/yY2zVyXfAt0
Rethinking Leadership When the World Won't Behave | Professor Chris Mowles | OrgDev Podcast #85
YouTube video by Garin & Dani - Distinction Consulting
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November 29, 2025 at 1:25 PM
I was invited onto the OrgDev Podcast with Garin & Dani. We talked about a great range of things: the role of anxiety and emotions in organisations, the limitations of grids and frameworks, on what we mean by being accountable to one another. youtu.be/yY2zVyXfAt0
Developing the practice of living together more productively
Complexity and 'convivencia'.
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November 26, 2025 at 9:22 AM
You can watch my session at the Complexity Lounge here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kG83... History, relationships, argument, all matter in the production of thought collectives.
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October 30, 2025 at 10:32 AM
You can watch my session at the Complexity Lounge here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kG83... History, relationships, argument, all matter in the production of thought collectives.
How uncertainty is unevenly distributed in society.
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The politics of uncertainty.
...and how novelty requires redundancy, not efficiency
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September 28, 2025 at 1:21 PM
How uncertainty is unevenly distributed in society.
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chrismowles.substack.com/p/the-politi...
Improving performance
From KPIs to group mindedness
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September 23, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Playing the ratings game
How consumerism reduces qualities to quantities
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September 2, 2025 at 1:49 PM
On the importance of thinking without a bannister.
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It’s all very well being critical, but what should we do?
On the importance of thinking without a bannister
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August 29, 2025 at 2:35 PM
On the importance of thinking without a bannister.
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The business of talk.
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Organising as continuous conversation
The business of talk
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August 23, 2025 at 6:32 AM
The business of talk.
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Reinterpreting the past in the present, in anticipation of the future.
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Always going forward
On the idealisation of the future at the expense of the past
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August 19, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Reinterpreting the past in the present, in anticipation of the future.
chrismowles.substack.com/p/always-goi...
chrismowles.substack.com/p/always-goi...
Thinking about the importance of experiential groups as a particular method for developing our humanity open.substack.com/pub/chrismow...
Becoming more fully human
in praise of experiential groups
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July 17, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Thinking about the importance of experiential groups as a particular method for developing our humanity open.substack.com/pub/chrismow...
You can find a link to the talk given by @carolynpedwell.bsky.social to this year's Complexity and Management Conference and my response here: complexityandmanagement.com/2025/06/19/t...
Transformative possibilities in the everyday: habit, affect, and the unconscious. A talk by Prof Carolyn Pedwell.
Prof Carolyn Pedwell gave an overview of her book Revolutionary Routines at the Complexity and Management Conference, 2025. You can watch her presentation here: In her talk she covered a number of …
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June 19, 2025 at 9:34 AM
You can find a link to the talk given by @carolynpedwell.bsky.social to this year's Complexity and Management Conference and my response here: complexityandmanagement.com/2025/06/19/t...
Before fascism becomes a movement, it must circulate in everyday life.
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Before fascism becomes a movement, it must circulate in everyday life.
It has never been more important to pay attention to what's going on between us
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April 9, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Before fascism becomes a movement, it must circulate in everyday life.
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Ah, that's what theyre for.
April 8, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Ah, that's what theyre for.
Book now for the Complexity and Management Conference, 6th–8th June.
Our subject the transformational possibilities of our everyday routines , the stable instability of social life. @carolynpedwell.bsky.social is our guest speaker.
Early bird rate ends soon. www.eshop.herts.ac.uk/pd/2363?code...
Our subject the transformational possibilities of our everyday routines , the stable instability of social life. @carolynpedwell.bsky.social is our guest speaker.
Early bird rate ends soon. www.eshop.herts.ac.uk/pd/2363?code...
Complexity and Management Conference 2025
Transformative possibilities in the everyday – habit, affect and the unconscious.
www.eshop.herts.ac.uk
April 5, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Book now for the Complexity and Management Conference, 6th–8th June.
Our subject the transformational possibilities of our everyday routines , the stable instability of social life. @carolynpedwell.bsky.social is our guest speaker.
Early bird rate ends soon. www.eshop.herts.ac.uk/pd/2363?code...
Our subject the transformational possibilities of our everyday routines , the stable instability of social life. @carolynpedwell.bsky.social is our guest speaker.
Early bird rate ends soon. www.eshop.herts.ac.uk/pd/2363?code...
An interesting piece on aesthetics, political atomisation and ideology: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
What does Maga-land look like? Let me show you America's unbeautiful suburban sprawl | Alexander Hurst
I drove 2,000 miles with a French friend across my home country – and saw the endless nowhere land that is the crucible of Trumpism, says Guardian Europe correspondent Alexander Hurst
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March 19, 2025 at 8:56 AM
An interesting piece on aesthetics, political atomisation and ideology: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I was interviewed recently by Philip McKenzie for his Deep Dive podcast: open.spotify.com/episode/3zXR...
In the podcast we range far and wide over the implications of taking the complexity sciences seriously in our understanding of what is going on.
In the podcast we range far and wide over the implications of taking the complexity sciences seriously in our understanding of what is going on.
Episode 217: Complexity & Organizations w/ Chris Mowles
The Deep Dive · Episode
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March 13, 2025 at 11:30 AM
I was interviewed recently by Philip McKenzie for his Deep Dive podcast: open.spotify.com/episode/3zXR...
In the podcast we range far and wide over the implications of taking the complexity sciences seriously in our understanding of what is going on.
In the podcast we range far and wide over the implications of taking the complexity sciences seriously in our understanding of what is going on.
When the weather’s like this, maybe on the cusp of spring, hats, coats, gloves feel a bit ridiculous.
February 22, 2025 at 3:37 PM
When the weather’s like this, maybe on the cusp of spring, hats, coats, gloves feel a bit ridiculous.