Because the doer (in this case, a Capability Systems’s client company) knows what needs to be done; develop products, they are captive to the imperative: concentrate on developing products… (and in most cases adapt organizational processes in support of these development initiatives).
And because the function to do any activity naturally inherits a constraint of resources, [...]
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This month’s video section of the The McKinsey Quarterly includes an insightful commentary by Judy Estrin explaining her sustainable and systemic view of innovation.
I found Ms. Estrin’s individual arguments to be mostly obvious yet the underlying rationales and though process she puts forward to be exceptional. When all the video segments are veiwed in [...]
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Tags: Add new tag, innovation, systems thinking, thought leader
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In my previous post: WTS, I introduced an on-line book and accompanying materials. This is part 2 of my book report for Working Through Screens (WTS) by Jacob Burghard. Please forgive the long title of this post, but its the one that “fits.”
WTS is a comprehensive examination of how one is to consider and approach [...]
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