We were working for a well-known software consultancy at a Big Bank that decided to introduce individual performance metrics, “for appraisal and personal development purposes”…… Read More »Dan North on deep productivity: Delivering the team
All else being equal, a good solution: All else is never equal, of course. But every time you make a trade off in one of… Read More »A good solution
“This problem can’t be solved with technology.” In one sense, there are lots of problems that aren’t amenable to technological solutions – particularly problems caused… Read More »Technological Solutions
The most powerful learning comes from direct experience. Indeed, we learn eating, crawling, walking and communicating through direct trial and error – through taking an… Read More »Systems thinking: Peter Senge on the limits of learning from experience
Gall’s Law: A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked. A complex system designed from scratch… Read More »Systems thinking: Gall’s Law
Here’s rather a long extract – one I heartily agree with – to wet your whistle. Then go and get the book. I have nothing… Read More »Ben Dreyer on Good Writing and the Nonrules of English
Recommended – link below. 1. The most basic [type of connectedness] that we all think of is just popularity: how many people you connect with.… Read More »Network theory: Matthew O. Jackson on four types of connectedness