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Tag Archives: Silver bullet
The Neo-Generalist – A revolutionary book
The beauty of multiple, movement, and change We all know that the young apprentice starts out as a generalist – someone without any particular skills – and then, gradually, moves towards specialism in order to one day become a master in … Continue reading
Posted in Change, Learning Organization, People
Tagged Books, Cogwheel, Discovery Channel, Generalism, Kenneth Mikkelsen, Learning, MBTI, Neo, Neo-generalist, Personality, Philosophy, Problem solving, Richard Martin, Silver bullet, Specialism, The Matrix, Type, Viewpoint
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Easy Collaboration and Successful Projects
Why Projects Fail It is quite funny, actually, how almost all talking around project management is focused on methods and frameworks like Prince2, PMBoK, and IPMA. But when you ask project managers why their project failed they almost always mention … Continue reading
Which Leadership Approach is Better?
Dilbert is very clear on this topic! Still, I cannot help feeling that it would be a pity if business leaders would stop reading those books on “the rules of leadership”. Some of them never read anything, and maybe some … Continue reading
Posted in People, Philosophy
Tagged Books, Business, Dilbert, Eliza, HR, Leadership, Philosophy, respect for people, Silver bullet
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Lean IT and ITIL – Stopping the Negative Spiral
Good news for those who are hungry for more books about Lean IT and ITIL!
Tagged A3 thinking, Agile, Books, Coaching, ITIL, ITSM, Organizational Change, Silver bullet, Teams
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Value Stream Management and Readiness
This evening I did something which is seemingly a bit foolish, but which is nevertheless characteristic for me: instead of reading one of the 200 books I have piled up for future reading I again browsed through one of those … Continue reading
Philosophy of a Storm – Timing your Change
The ship was in trouble. A storm had suddenly appeared, and it was worse than any storm the ship and the crew had ever experienced before. “What should we do?”, the captain shouted desperately. One of the navigators came to rescue and … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, Change, Philosophy
Tagged Lean, Organizational Change, Philosophy, Problem analysis, Problem solving, Silver bullet, Strategy
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The Formula for Successful Change and Projects
During the last few days I posted philosophies and real world stories alike, and the most striking thing when looking at all of it together is that it doesn’t sum up to one worldview! So what was it all about? Did I … Continue reading
Philosopher’s Stone – The Formula for Everything!
First published in Danish at No Crisis-bloggen. It is no small thing, a new management or process improvement method can accomplish! Typically it can solve all problems, as easy as pie. As long as you master a few simple tools, … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, Process
Tagged Analysis, Business, Leadership, Management, Process Excellence, Silver bullet
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