Are you Repaying your Organisational Debt?
One of the most interesting metaphors derived from Software Development into organisation design is Debt. The concept of Technical Debt was first introduced…
The Urgent Case for Rebalancing Society: Hoping for The Best Is Not A Strategy! – A Video with Henry Mintzberg
The Urgent Case for Rebalancing Society: Hoping for The Best Is Not A Strategy! is the first interview in the series Leaders for…
Conway’s Law and Intentional Design
Many years ago, Melvin Conway observed that the way organisations are structured impacts any system they create. In his article How Do Committees…
The Inevitable – A Poem by Sarah Knowles Bolton
This entry is part [part not set] of 15 in the series Poetry and Management
Published in 1895, The Inevitable is one of the most significative poems by American writer Sarah Knowles Bolton, also serving as title of…
A Builders’ Lesson – A Poem by John Boyle O’Reilly
This entry is part [part not set] of 15 in the series Poetry and Management
This poem was first published in 1891 by Irish poet John Boyle O’Reilly, and is often cited for its description of habits, and…