SPaMCAST 750 - Domains Of Business Agility, A Conversation With Evan Leybourn - a podcast by Thomas M. Cagley Jr

SPaMCAST 750 marks the return of Evan Leybourn to the podcast. Evan and I discuss the different domains of business agility, the relationship between behavior and culture, and whether Taylorism still has a place in the world.  Evan is the co-founder of the Business Agility Institute; an international membership body to both champion and support the next generation of organizations. Companies that are agile, innovative, and dynamic - perfectly designed to thrive in today’s unpredictable markets. Evan is also the author of Directing the Agile Organisation (2012) and #noprojects; a culture of continuous value (2018). Website: Re-read Saturday News! This week we tackle Chapter 1 of by Matthew Skelton and Manuel Pais. The authors open Chapter 1 with a quote from Naomi Stafford, Guide to Organizational Design. “Organizations should be viewed as complex and adaptive organizations rather than mechanistic and linear systems”   The quotes set the tone for . Chapter 1 is titled The Problem With Org Charts. In this chapter, the authors point out problems in how organizations describe and organize themselves.  Buy a copy and upgrade your coaching skills -  Previous Installments: Week 1: -   Week 2: -   Next SPaMCAST  SPaMCAST 751 will feature an essay on the collision of fatalism and privilege. Let's just say…it isn’t pretty. Jeremy Berriault will bring his QA Corner to the podcast. Mr. Berriault and I will discuss testing, Quality, and evolving behavior.   

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