perpetual beta — our new normal – Harold Jarche
Responsive organizations are fueled by individual and collective learning. Retrospectives are baked into the culture; feedback and learning drive strategy and growth.
Sharan Bal • Hiring Humans, Not Resources
The notion of going beyond perfection strikes some people as odd because they are used to projects with clearly defined goals. When we move into complex settings and work with wicked problems that don’t have right answers, we have to discover the goals as we pursue them. The notion of perfection doesn’t work in these settings because we don’t want
... See moreGary Klein • Seeing What Others Don't: The remarkable ways we gain INSIGHTS
In the real world, the systems we build are part of complex adaptive systems that encompass developers, users, and customers, as well as their environments and organizational contexts. This reality calls for a more dynamic, almost organic approach to architecture and design, one that allows you to learn as you go and adapt your software to ever-cha
... See moreMichael Keeling • Software Architecture Metrics
in these systems, failure isn’t just inevitable – it’s actually helpful. By constantly testing assumptions and maximizing learning, these systems become evolutionary organizations.
orca.mirror.xyz • Evolutionary Organizations
To adapt, companies must operate not as machines but as learning organisms, purposefully interacting with their environment and continuously improving, based on experiments and feedback.
Thomas Vander Wal • The Connected Company
In performance cultures, people often become attached to best practices. The risk is that once we’ve declared a routine the best, it becomes frozen in time. We preach about its virtues and stop questioning its vices, no longer curious about where it’s imperfect and where it could improve.
Adam Grant • Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know
There’s a certain comfort in the realm of infinite possibility. When a project is ongoing, it can be anything. It’s Schrödinger’s1 project — simultaneously perfect and flawed until you actually finish it and put it out into the world. The moment you declare a project “done,” you open it up to criticism, both external and internal. What if it’s not ... See more
Tomas Stropus • The Art of Finishing
