Ep #118: From Systems Thinking to Systems Being, with Philippe Vandenbroeck

Some people sense that the question they are allowed to ask is not yet the question that matters.Reflect on that for a moment.It comes from Philippe Vandenbroeck, my guest on this week's episode. An engineer who became a philosopher, then an urban planner, then one of Europe's most original thinkers on how organisations actually change. He founded shiftN thirty years ago and now teaches imagination as a pre-design practice at ETH Zürich.What makes Philippe rare is where he has arrived. Not at more certainty, but at less. He describes a shift from systems thinking to what he calls systems being. From trying to master the mess to accepting our place inside it.We talk about why imagination is not a luxury but a precondition for change. And about a gap most organisations never measure. Most boards can name the cost of a decision, but almost none can name the cost of doing nothing. Philippe believes that gap is where the questions that matter actually live.The full episode is out now.👉 In the meantime, don't forget to share your thoughts on the episode, leave a review, and subscribe!If you'd like to stay updated on future episodes and other inspiring stories from TIE, join our newsletter here.If you would like to order my international bestselling book Return on Humanity: Leadership lessons from all corners of the earth, you can do that here.