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systems-thinking

17
Sep
Grow Without Dying: A Leader’s Survival Guide in Fragile Times

Grow Without Dying: A Leader’s Survival Guide in Fragile Times

Growth is supposed to be our highest calling. According to Jordan B. Peterson, it is the central purpose of our existence. But in today's organisations, growth has become a dangerous game, not because growth is wrong, but because the way we pursue it is broken.
4 min read
16
Sep
[Book][7.1]Why Constraint Creates Better Outcomes Than Unlimited Freedom

[Book][7.1]Why Constraint Creates Better Outcomes Than Unlimited Freedom

6 min read
16
Sep
Variable Capacity Is Not Team Augmentation

Variable Capacity Is Not Team Augmentation

The Fluid Organisation model introduces the concept of variable capacity and it can prove easy to confuse with the idea of team augmentation: hiring more people, bringing in contractors, or borrowing engineers from other teams.
3 min read
15
Sep
Constraints Are Not Chains

Constraints Are Not Chains

In many organisations, the word constraint carries a negative connotation. Leaders speak about removing constraints, breaking free from them, or working around them. Yet in reality, constraints often create the very conditions for excellence.
4 min read
12
Sep
The Lost Art of Slicing or Why Teams Forgot How to Deliver Incrementally

The Lost Art of Slicing or Why Teams Forgot How to Deliver Incrementally

Somewhere between “strategic alignment” and “modular design”, both product and platform teams quietly reintroduced the worst parts of waterfall. Here is why that matters, and how systems thinking can help.
5 min read
09
Sep
[Book][6.3]Practical Ways to Protect and Sustain Curiosity Inside Organisations

[Book][6.3]Practical Ways to Protect and Sustain Curiosity Inside Organisations

6 min read
09
Sep
An Ode to Anti-Heroes

An Ode to Anti-Heroes

"We do not need more heroes. We need systems that work even when no one is watching."
3 min read
08
Sep
The Cost of Misaligned Ownership

The Cost of Misaligned Ownership

A familiar scenario plays out across many technology organisations: Product defines what, Engineering struggles with how, Business demands why. Everyone
4 min read
05
Sep
Platform 2.0: Predictability as the Battle Horse

Platform 2.0: Predictability as the Battle Horse

In Platform 2.0, predictability becomes the battle horse, because it directly connects platform efficacy to stakeholder efficiency. A new composite measure captures it.
3 min read
03
Sep
[Book][6.2]Curiosity at Bell Labs, NASA, Pixar and Xerox PARC

[Book][6.2]Curiosity at Bell Labs, NASA, Pixar and Xerox PARC

6 min read