Agility, the ability to change direction fast when change is needed, is not something achieved by training your teams in a base set of practices. That might improve efficiency, but it doesn’t, of itself, give the ability to change direction rapidly. If you need agility, you need people who understand; who understand what is appropriate in the new context, and who can switch to doing that very rapidly.
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The Quest for “Appropriate”: Living with Understanding
Posted September 14, 2017 | Leadership |
About The Author
Paul Oldfield graduated in Botany and moved later into computing in the hope of getting paying work. Since 1985, he has worked in a wide variety of organizations, domains, system types, and roles. Highlights include air traffic control, expert systems, inland revenue, anti-virus, among many others. He specializes in what makes ways of working appropriate to the context. Currently he is living in the Scottish Highlands, assisting a local start-up… Read More
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