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discipline

26
Jun
Friday Fun: The Order of the Sacred Meeting

Friday Fun: The Order of the Sacred Meeting

A curious account of an order whose discipline became legendary, though few could remember what it had once been founded to accomplish.
4 min read
25
Jun
Wednesday Reality: Why More Reporting Creates Less Clarity

Wednesday Reality: Why More Reporting Creates Less Clarity

As industrial systems grew larger and more interconnected, understanding what was happening inside them became increasingly difficult. People had to interrupt productive work in order to explain productive work.
6 min read
23
Jun
Monday Myth: Progress Requires Complexity

Monday Myth: Progress Requires Complexity

The breakthrough is not always the technology itself. More often, it is the decision to remove unnecessary complexity so that everything else can scale.
5 min read
20
Jun
Friday Fun: A Visit to the Ministry of Organisational Progress

Friday Fun: A Visit to the Ministry of Organisational Progress

Recently, I was granted access to one such institution: The Ministry of Organisational Progress.The plaque above the entrance stated that its mission was to accelerate delivery. What follows are my observations.
5 min read
18
Jun
Wednesday Reality: Success Creates Its Own Barbarians

Wednesday Reality: Success Creates Its Own Barbarians

Perhaps the most fascinating aspect of successful systems is that they gradually disappear from view. Infrastructure that once inspired awe eventually becomes background scenery, noticed only when it fails.
10 min read
16
Jun
Monday Myth: Better Tools Create Better Organisations

Monday Myth: Better Tools Create Better Organisations

We repeatedly confuse tools with capabilities. Technology can amplify an organisation. It cannot fundamentally transform one. Better tools do not create better organisations. They reveal what already exists.
10 min read
11
Jun
The Museum Company

The Museum Company

Yesterday's solutions gradually become today's constraints.
7 min read
10
Jun
Wednesday Lessons: Excellence Begins Where Imitation Ends

Wednesday Lessons: Excellence Begins Where Imitation Ends

The Seduction of Best Practices Most organisations spend a surprising amount of time studying successful companies. They benchmark competitors, attend
5 min read
09
Jun
Tuesday Reality: The Explanation Comes Last

Tuesday Reality: The Explanation Comes Last

One of the most comforting assumptions in professional life is the belief that organisations make decisions in a rational and objective manner.
7 min read
08
Jun
Monday Myth: Smart People Run Companies

Monday Myth: Smart People Run Companies

If intelligence determined outcomes, many of the most famous corporate failures would never have occurred.
7 min read