John Beckford

Partner at Beckford Consulting, President at the Cybernetics Society, professor and author

John Beckford is partner in Beckford Consulting and a Non-Executive Director of three social enterprises. He is visiting professor at University College London and Loughborough University. John is author of Intelligent Organisation: Driving Systemic Change with Information (Routledge, 2020), Intelligent Nation: How to Organise a Country (Routledge, 2021) and Quality Management: Reconsidered for the Digital Economy, 5th Edition (Routledge, 2022).

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5 Minutes On... Driving Systemic Change with Information

5 Minutes On... Driving Systemic Change with Information

By John Beckford Partner at Beckford Consulting, President at the Cybernetics Society, professor and author

Operational agility Organisational design Strategy Working practices

Adaptive, Diverse and Cyber-Effective: The Elements of an Intelligent Organisation

Adaptive, Diverse and Cyber-Effective: The Elements of an Intelligent Organisation

By John Beckford Partner at Beckford Consulting, President at the Cybernetics Society, professor and author

We need to rethink the organisation. We must break from the traps of historic convention, stop managing the wrong things and embrace an adaptive synthesis of people, behaviours and processes enabled by effective information. In doing so, intelligent organisations will deliver greater value to all stakeholders.

Organisational design Strategy Team dynamic Working practices

The CXO Podcast: How the Intelligent Organisation will win the Disrupted Future

The CXO Podcast: How the Intelligent Organisation will win the Disrupted Future

By John Beckford Partner at Beckford Consulting, President at the Cybernetics Society, professor and author Edo Tealdi Vice President, Nucleus & Enterprise Automation NTT DATA Services

Automation Organisational design Strategy