Category: Quotes
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Directed Opportunism
Moltke (1800–1891) developed auftragstaktik, which slipped into English as mission command, and is called directed opportunism by Stephen Bungay.1 The principles are: Decide what really matters Get the message across Give people space and support Notes: 1 Stephen Bungay, Moltke – Master of Modern Management, The European Financial Review, April-May 2011. Related posts: Book Review:…
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Open Space is very lightly scripted
Daniel Mezick writes in Open Space Tells The Story (Agile Coaching Lessons) that “Open Space inside organizations is a very lightly scripted drama” and that “great conversations are leading to great solutions”. Keywords for me here are “lightly scripted” because I think heavy scripting chips away the cornerstones of self-organization.
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People evolve their own responses
A mechanical system simply acts according to its instructions. But a living system, with its internal intelligence and complex feedback organisation, reacts to the meaning it finds in the information. The system selects the messages to which it listens and then evolves its own response.1 Human beings are a prime example of living systems with…
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Peter Block on freedom
…perhaps the real task of leadership is to confront people with their freedom.…freedom is what creates accountability. Freedom is not an escape from accountability……our willingness to care for the well-being of the whole occurs when we are confronted with our freedom, and when we choose to accept and act on that freedom.—Peter Block 1 Notes:1.…
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What is the mind?
The mind is a process that regulates the flow of energy and information .1 —Daniel Siegel Notes: 1 Daniel Siegel, Mindsight: The New Science of Personal Transformation, Google Personal Growth Series, YouTube (5:22)
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Det är notoriskt svårt att få folk att följa reglerna
Jan-Erik Sebestyén skriver i ett mail till Agile Swedens maillista 2015-10-07 08:54:51 att: Men som alla som jobbat med scrum, puls och liknande agil ansatser så kan det se bättre ut än hur det fungerar i verkligheten. Även om grundkonceptet är hur enkelt som helst så är det notoriskt svårt få folk följa reglerna. Exakt!…
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Makt är att vara med och dela kunskap och information
Jan-Erik Sebestyén skriver i ett mail till Agile Swedens maillista 2015-10-07 10:25:26 att: Ett grundproblem är makt hamnar hos individer i dagens system. Det gör att kunskap och information blir makt, något som gör flödet av kunskap och information segt. Det vill vi ha är detsamma som i alla demokratiska system: att makt är att…
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Mindfulness and aliveness
We are only alive when we are alive!1 —Jon Kabat-Zinn Notes: 1 Jon Kabat-Zinn, The Healing Power of Mindfulness, YouTube (6:23)
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Work is not just work
Work is not just work, it’s the place to experience the love of your life.—Daniel Siegel 1 Note:1. The Human Mind and the Cultivation of Well-Being, https://youtu.be/T6tZ4VC6zR8?t=1349, YouTube. Accessed: 2022-09-15. Published: 2011-09-17. Update 2022-09-15: Link updated. Text converted to blocks.
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Dee Hock on rules
Countless times over the years I have asked diverse groups of people to reflect very carefully on their work within organizations and to make a simple balance sheet. How much time, energy, and ingenuity did they spend obeying senseless rules and procedures that had little to do with the results they were expected to achieve?…