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The Offset Self

The distance between what a person knows and what a person does — the structural, emotional and perceptual offsets that quietly govern behaviour.

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The System Between Us — identity, choice, behaviour, trace and pattern forming structure across a circular bridge
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The System Between Us

How Identity Becomes Behaviour, Behaviour Becomes Structure, and Structure Comes Back to Shape Identity

ConsequencesFingerprints in the UnseenSystems ThinkingThe Offset SelfHuman BehaviorRise and Decline
The Organisation Has Two Selves — declared values and operational self, with The Offset Self book reference
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The Organisation Has Two Selves

What a System Says It Is—and What Its Behaviour Reveals It to Be

FeedbackCultureSystems ThinkingOrganisational DesignThe Offset SelfLeadership
The Three Selves You Carry Every Day — an essay by Ehab Abdelmawla
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The Three Selves You Carry Every Day

Most people believe they have only one self. The truth is more unsettling: we carry three—and the one making our decisions is not always the one we think.

PhilosophySystems ThinkingThe Offset SelfHuman Behavior
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