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Mar 17

Requisite Variety, or why the right can’t win without losing

In systems theory, there is a concept called Requisite Variety: that the system must have sufficient diversity to respond to the diverse demands of the environment. For example, a computer store that sold just one computer is less viable than a store that sells a range of models to meet…

Diversity

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Jun 19, 2021

The Agile Mindset: an aim or a problem?

My friend, Francesco Bianchi, put up a post on LinkedIn which started with the phrase: “As Agilists we love to correct people that Agile is not a method. With pride we stress instead that Agile is a Mindset. Most of us stop there like that was enough.” He goes on…

Mindset

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The Agile Mindset: an aim or a problem?
The Agile Mindset: an aim or a problem?

Sep 10, 2020

Are Management and Leadership are Moral?

Leadership is about the creation and exercise of power in a social context, so they are by definition political practices. Leadership and management in an organisation are focussed on the moral question of identifying how the organisation can best use its resources to maximise return on costs or investment (whether…

Management

3 min read

David X Crowe

David X Crowe

Agile researcher, Agilist, software developer, doctoral student in business and management

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