The VSM Quick Guide: the model
The introduction to the series on Jon Walker’s VSM quick guide. It describes the simplified VSM vocabulary as used in the rest of the steps.
VSM Quick Guide Nuggets Part 2
About part 2: Part 2 of my series is actually Part 1 of Jon Walker’s Quick Guide. It deals with how to identify the relevant parts of the organization, in other words, very prosaically: how to find teams and value streams. The reason for my own order is simple: the first part is immediately comprehensible, […]
VSM Quick Guide Nuggets Part 1
Digging nuggets I see a lot of new texts since I have a rowing machine in the basement. I plan every morning what movie, text, or podcast I’m going to get into in the next half hour or so. And over the course of time, a lot of things come together. I will publish at […]
The Viable System Model for Lean Practitioners
I have developed a mapping of the Viable System Model for Lean-Agile practice. Here is a first version as a white paper. Brief introduction to the Viable System Model with a mapping to a Lean production scenario. Download german Brief introduction to the Viable System Model with a mapping to a Lean production scenario. Download […]
It always ends with the human
… or is it? The other day I was at a discussion on organizational design and development and we had some very interesting insights. Talked about a case study where the organization was deeply, transformed, the presenters were very comprehensive in outlining the reasons for changing the structures and the way of working. At the […]
Three missions or how to put my documents in order
I wrestled with myself for a long time about how to implement my claim to focus. Because focusing always involves leaving something out. I find this unspeakably difficult and that is precisely my dilemma (especially with the name of the website). The topics could not be more diverse: the collected lessons and courses for the […]
The Adaptive Organization at Agile Tuesday
December 2021 Almost unnoticed, an ecosystem has developed alongside the agility we are familiar with that comes from a completely different approach: rethinking the structure and culture of a company as a whole. We are talking about further developments of holocracy, sociocracy and so on… The interest in the companies that have chosen such a […]
On the way to an adaptive organization
The adaptive organization contains many principles, contents and values of Lean and Agile takes a comprehensive look at today’s O The group The GRADO group (growing Adaptive Organizations) emerged from a series of working sessions by members of the DACH30 exchange group. What patterns are there What experiences have become mainstream What bad experiences are […]
On the way to the adaptive organization
The adaptive organization Contains many principles, contents and values of Lean and Agile takes a comprehensive look at today’s O The group The GRADO group (growing Adaptive Organizations) emerged from a series of working sessions by members of the DACH30 exchange group. What patterns are there What experiences have become mainstream What bad experiences are […]
Infinite Games
Simon Sinek comes from game theory to a description of business that has a direct impact on management and leadership.