Continuing from the previous post: The four “revised” pairs of values that we propose in the “Manifesto for Adaptive Organizations 2025” Sustainable outcomes over rapid outputs (Delivering continuous value that lasts is more important than quickly producing the next MVP.) Comment: Focus on creating lasting value for stakeholders rather than rushing to produce multiple minimal […]
Around a quarter of a century after its publication, the “Manifesto for Agile Software Development” is something of a sacred text for the agile scene and New Work. The four pairs of values in the manifesto are like statements of law. As a reminder: Individuals and interactions over processes and tools Working software over comprehensive […]
Let’s not fool ourselves. On the one hand, everything always turns out differently, and on the other hand, it always happens faster than we think. AI, for example. It was announced a long time ago, but then it crashed into the human cerebral cortex like a comet. Kind of scary, right? The highest recorded IQ […]
What will the world look like in three years’ time? Technology no longer moves forward step by step—it runs. At the same time, restoration is trying to assert itself as a vision of the future. What is the sum of both trends? Quite possibly ambiguity. The economy is keeping a low profile. Consultants are advising […]
„It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness“. Charles Dickens wrote this 165 years ago (the beginning of “A Tale of Two Cities”). Right, certain things repeat themselves. People in the year 2025: happy and saddened to death, optimistic […]
What is pointless work? Unnecessary work that has no meaning in the sense of a meaningful contribution due to its superfluousness? Correct? Well, let’s find out … David Graeber, an anthropologist from the US, wrote „Bullsh*t Jobs: The Rise of Pointless Work—and what we can do about it.“ The book is intended as a blow […]
Like Ikigai, Tebiki (手引き) is a Japanese word meaning “guidance”, “guide” or “introduction”. It is made up of the kanji 手 (te) for “hand” and 引き (biki) for “pull”, which literally implies a kind of “hand guidance”. Tebiki for companies is a development by Robert Hopp and the author of this article, based on the […]
Ikigai is a Japanese concept for the realization of goals. Its origins can be traced back to the Heian period (794–1185), where the term evolved from the word gai (meaning “shell”), which symbolized value and worth. The term ikigai combines two words: Iki (生き), meaning “life” or “alive”, and Gai (甲斐), meaning “worth”, “benefit”, or […]
“Management is like smoking. You know it’s unhealthy, but you still can’t stop.” A friend said this to me. Sounds tough, right? Perhaps also wrong. Unfortunately, it’s not. In volatile, rapidly changing environments, the old decision-making processes are far too slow. Escalating from the bottom up no longer works. Neither does handing down decisions from […]