Archive for the 'measurement' Category

Emergent versus detergent structures

Tuesday, December 4th, 2007

A few more thoughts following on from Clips on Slime which was well received.
When Mike and I are asking questions about a firm, we try to establish what kind of organism they are looking to build. Many firms are pulled in two directions: on the one hand, there is recognition that new ideas are the [...]

Clips on slime: some thoughts on innovation and organisational culture

Tuesday, October 9th, 2007

Clips on slime: applying measuring clips to lovely green slime and looking for a healthy voltage across the whole organism.
A while back I read an article by Skinner & Spira (see below) which talks about a continuous line between two extreme management positions – of trust at one end, and control at the other. When [...]

Process of Innovation