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Welcome to the online realm for CATS3000.

Here you will find news, links, contact information and a wealth of free resources in the field of change, transformation, creativity and innovation for individuals, groups, organisations and cultures.

CATS3000 is also the home of Rational Madness, the theatre arm of CATS3000, and The Critical Incident, the creativity initiative of CATS3000.

CATS3000 offers learning, development and facilitation activities and programmes in different sectors, communities and groups, all over the world. We have recently worked in the UK, USA, Denmark, Ireland and Slovenia.

We believe that healthful and successful living and working is based on overcoming wretched contentment and challenging the collusion of mediocrity. Workshops, training and development, conversations and creative events, are all part of CATS3000’s portfolio of work.

CATS3000 Articles from the Rational Madness Online Community

A perspective on friendship - with some fascinating replies from colleagues and fellow thinkers and writers

Collusive Joy - developing the collusion idea from the perspective of joy

Collusion of Mediocrity - how I encountered the concept (with thanks to Bob Sang)

Constructive and Destructive Criticism - a case of online critique but applies to all feedback and criticism. Further thoughts here.

Cruelty - a brief viewpoint

Cultish relationships - drawing a parallel between relationships and cults Plus my definition of cult leader behaviour here.

Facade - fakery in customer service

False Accusers - on demonisation

Five ways to hold your space - 5 tips for self-poise

Forsultancy - a wry take on consultancy

Illogic of Genericism - an essay

Involutionary Process Thinking - a novel view of involvement

Mean-Spiritedness - a rant

Obviousness - an essay on Bloody obviousness!

Online reality/unlreality - a short essay, with this on virtual motives

Paradoxes - the paradoxes I have encountered during the work of CATS3000

Passion and Mediocrity - a viewpoint

Pisspoor Reviewing - an article on feedback, using theatre as an example

Poisoning the Well - a fallacy that can ruin change in personal and organisational life

Process transposition - a brief definition and example

Real right brain - a radical view of left-brain/right-brain

Real Training - what are workshops and learning events really about?

Reflections on “Trust” - an evolving series of monologues

The True Power of the peaceful Warrior - on authentic leadership

Un-change - a perspective

Wretched Contentment - a typical symptom of the collusion of mediocrity

What is the REAL goal of a business? - challenging conventional so-called wisdom

Who Blew the Wind Phenomenon - all about instigating change