Category: Organizing
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The very quality of livingness
This is a post in my series on organizing “between and beyond.” The series is inspired by David Bohm and David Peat. This post is inspired by Henri Bortoft. Other posts are here. Taking Apperance Seriously by Bortoft It is all too easy for our thinking to lose sight of the very quality of livingness…
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Organizing retrospective 3
This is a post in my series on organizing “between and beyond.” Other posts are here. This is a retrospective of what has happened during the week. The purpose is to reflect on the journey itself. Here is my previous retrospective. Here is my next retrospective. What has happened? What needs to be done? I…
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Analysis of process thinking
This is a post in my organizing “between and beyond” series. Other posts are here. The purpose of this post is to analyze different process perspectives. The analysis is summarized here. Background Three process perspectives are analyzed here: The view of processes as (1) input, guiding actions, (2) an outcome of people’s thinking and behavior,…
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Organizing for thrivability
This is a post in my series on organizing “between and beyond.” Other posts are here. The purpose of this post is to compare Michell Holliday’s framework for organizational thrivability with Integral Management, which I have written about here. Background Michelle Holliday is a facilitator, consultant, researcher, presenter, and writer. Her work centers around ”thrivability,”…
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Kata as authentic order
This is a post in my series on organizing “between and beyond.” Other posts are here. A common assumption is that you can control human behavior with rules, policies, and processes. The objective of the CMM, PSP, and TSP is to achieve a disciplined, measured, and statistically managed process.1 And in Holacracy the power is…
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Premature synchronization as counterfeit order
This is a post in my series on organizing “between and beyond.” Other posts are here. Venkatesh Rao (@vgr) writes in this post that “premature sycnhronization is the root of all evil.” Why? Rao writes: “Humans are most valuable when they have high autonomy, and able to play to their unique strengths and histories …”…
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From technical debt to organizing wealth
This is a post in my series on organizing “between and beyond.” Other posts are here. Kitty Wooley (@kwooleyy) tweeted Andrea Goulet’s technical debt post and wondered whether there’s an analog in organizations. This is definitely an idea to pursue. Goulet says, “We realized that what we were doing transcended clearing out old code, we…
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Book recommendations
This is a post in my series on organizing “between and beyond.” Other posts are here. These are book recommendations which I have received as feedback on my posts: Science, Order, and Creativity by David Bohm and F. David Peat. The series of posts on organizing “between and beyond” is inspired by David Bohm’s and…
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Organizing retrospective 2
This is a post in my series on organizing “between and beyond.” Other posts are here. This is a retrospective of what has happened during the week. The purpose is to reflect on the journey itself. Here is my previous retrospective. Here is my next retrospective. What has happened? What needs to be done? I…
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Analysis of egalitarian dynamics among the G/wi
This is a post in my organizing “between and beyond” series. Other posts are here. The purpose of this post is to explore the egalitarian dynamics among the G/wi-speaking people in the Central Kalahari Reserve of Botswana. The analysis is summarized here. Background The egalitarian dynamics among foraging societies hold clues to a deeper generative…