Archive - Growing Adaptive Organizations

Never use SAFe without the icing on the cake

How the Viable System Model improves a de facto standard

Jan 31 •

A One-Minute Introduction to what the VSM is about

VSM is the Viable System Model, it helps to analyze and design organizations from a control perspective

Jan 16 •

October 2022

Areas of Interest in the Metaphorical Map

Towards the whole picture

Oct 25, 2022 •

From Stories to Patterns

A reference to a slightly longer introduction into GRADO

Oct 22, 2022 •

A short Introduction to the GRADO Ideas

Where we stand, the vision and the scope

Oct 19, 2022 •

September 2022

Thoughts about strategy

... Vision is different from purpose. A purpose is similar to a direction, a general course. A vision is a specific goal, a picture of a desired future…

Sep 26, 2022 •

November 2021

Five steps to building trust

These Five Steps to Building Trust grew out of our recent Meetup on Growing Adaptive Organizations . There we had a very interesting topic last week…

Nov 25, 2021 •

May 2021

In the last six months I’ve come across Infinite Games and a couple of other books, each of which are very interesting on their own, but which together…

May 13, 2021 •

February 2021

an exceptional book on leadership

Feb 8, 2021 •

Humanocracy by Gary Hamel and Michele Zanini

In the last six months I've come across Humanocracy and a couple of other books, each of which are very interesting on their own, but which together…

Feb 1, 2021 •

May 2020

Boost or backlash - what Corona does with agility

Agility aims to increase the flexibility of a company. If so, one would expect that now would be the hour of the agilists. But it doesn't, at least not…

May 12, 2020 •

April 2020

Flow or silo - the structure of an organization

Most organizations talk first about the organizational structure or hierarchy and structural units or silos. The most important goal here is efficiency…

Apr 27, 2020 •

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