triarchy press:
good books on social and organisational praxis
Praxis is the cyclical process by which we apply theories and skills in practice, reflect on our experience, refine those theories and skills, and then apply them again in practice. [But we have eschewed the statutory diagram with meaningful arrows, a memorable acronym and Seven Habits... in favour of lettuce leaves.]
At Triarchy Press we publish in the field of organisational and social praxis. We look for the best new thinking on the organisations and social structures we work and live in. And we explore the most promising new practices in these areas. We look, in particular, for writers who can provide a bridge between academic research/theory and practical experience - our authors include leading lights like Russ Ackoff, John Seddon and Michael Thompson.
We publish books, articles, a game and an idioticon (or glossary) about all this. Each one, we think, is a little gem. They cover innovative approaches to designing and steering organisations, the public sector, teams, society ... and the creative life of individuals.
The key approaches that we feature in our publications are:
- Systems Thinking and Design Thinking
- Complexity Thinking
- Cultural Theory
- Triarchy Theory
- Teams, Leadership & Innovation
- Society, Somatics & Movement
Click on any topic above to see our key publications in that area.
Visit our online bookshop to read about each of our publications (and to buy them).
Read about some of the main ideas in this field - described in the idioticon.
Look at our submission guidelines if you're an author.
The most current organisation theory translated into management best practice
A more systemic, complex and holistic way of viewing the world is emerging in many areas of life - most clearly in our approach to management, business and the public sector (a focus for many Triarchy Press books). But our thinking is still often constrained by outdated ideas, beliefs and mindsets. Here are some examples of the key changes taking place in our thinking about work and organisations (all covered in recent Triarchy Press books):
Going Up
- Networks and interconnections
- Systems and design thinking
- Complexity and diversity
- Sustainability and resilience
- Crowdsourcing, the bazaar, copyleft
- Heterarchy, shared decision-making
- Process, change, dynamics, emergence
- Synthesis, context, ecology
Going Down
- Bureaucracy, hierarchy, authority
- Planning and direction
- Leaders as experts
- Copyright, the cathedral, exclusivity
- Structure, replication, management
- Economic growth
- Analysis, dissection, reductive thinking
- Control and regulation
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