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Enterprise Agility | NetObjectives: SIPOC helps you figure out where to start
30 January 08 07:33 PM | john.mullinax | 1 Comments   

Some very good basic advice here from Jim Trott at NetObjectives about applying lean principles and systems thinking to improve software development. An excerpt: "When it comes to analyzing where to start in helping a development organization, it often Read More...

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Computing Is A Liberal Art, Part 3: Strategies for Reinforcing Loops and the Hive Mind
20 June 07 03:59 PM | john.mullinax | 3 Comments   

Technorati Tags: innovation , systems thinking , complexity science , adaptive , change , learning , Popfly , computing is a liberal art , knowledge , cyborg Here's a conundrum: if knowledge is personal, how do I benefit from what you "know"?  Read More...

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Computing Is A Liberal Art, Part 2: Knowledge is personal
20 June 07 05:34 AM | john.mullinax | 1 Comments   

Technorati Tags: innovation , systems thinking , complexity science , adaptive , change , learning , Popfly , computing is a liberal art , knowledge , cyborg In the natural world, few (if any) things grow without limits.  In the case of information Read More...

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Build to last is dead, speed rules, competency is currency. Resistance is futile.
15 June 07 05:09 PM | john.mullinax | 2 Comments   

Technorati Tags: innovation , systems thinking , adaptive , change , decision making , learning , context aware , cyborg An email exchange with a few colleauges last night, including Chris Bernard and Josh Holmes , got me thinking about the network as Read More...

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Learning to thrive in times of accelerating change
15 June 07 02:24 PM | john.mullinax | 2 Comments   

Technorati Tags: continuous learning , systems thinking , adaptive , change , learning Over the last couple of years I've often heard about the need for a "sense and respond" capability -- to sense what's happening in our businesses and to respond Read More...

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