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  • Stop calling it Artificial Intelligence

    37th move

    There’s a better name for it Introduction As promised here is the second blog post about AI. It is divided into three parts. In the first part, I try to summarise some recent developments. The second part contains my first interview, done with an artificial customer (created with OpenAI’s GPT-3). Lastly, I want to share a fascinating proposal from a friend on […]

    May 24, 2022
  • Communication about Artificial Intelligence

    When German feuilleton readers talk about AGI This blog post is an updated version of a German piece (from Februrary 2019). After three years, I thought it was time to include some exciting developments from 2020 and 2021. The update highlights four examples to illustrate the progress made in Data Science, Machine/Deep Learning, aka AI. Spoiler Alert: […]

    February 20, 2022
  • Viable System Model Example

    Viable System Model Example

    How to apply the Viable System Model? One of the most obvious ways to use the Viable System Model is a mapping approach. You take the VSM quite literally and map organizational aspects like meetings, roles, tools, or artifacts to the model’s different systems. Even though this method is partially criticized within the VSM community, […]

    March 21, 2021
  • Introduction to the Viable System Model

    My Video Lectures about the Viable System Model Finally, I am releasing the first three videos about my introduction to the Viable System Model. I decided that I wanted to share everything I have understood so far, but not in a written form anymore. Therefore, I produced a series of simple screen captures and dared […]

    March 10, 2021
  • Ashby’s Law of Requisite Variety

    Ashby's Law of Requisite Variety

    The Story of Requisite Variety for Reflective Practitioners It is a real pity that the idea of Requisite Variety is almost unknown. From my perspective, it is astonishing that almost no one with a degree in business has heard about it, not to talk about many Agile or Lean folks. It is insofar unbelievable, as […]

    October 18, 2020
  • Service Dominant Logic

    The fundamental misunderstanding about products, services, and value creation It is popular to speak about product-led organizations. They shall be able to solve customer problems better because teams in this kind of organization have full accountability for product success. An enterprise organized around products The basic idea sounds fantastic: Instead of organizing an enterprise functionally […]

    August 23, 2020
  • Viable Leadership – Basic Questions

    A nano manifesto for Viable Leadership The one who contributes leads – forget the organigram.   Four basic questions of Leadership “What must be done? …is more important than… “What do I want to do?” “Is this the right thing to do?” …takes precedence over… “How do employees, clients, and shareholders value my work?” “What contribution […]

    July 21, 2020
  • Post Agile Era

    Beyond Agile? Some wild speculations Agile is (almost) a commodity. Many young folks coming fresh from the university know nothing else than the agile way of working. Being agile is in many IT/Digital related areas the new normal. Sometimes it works well, sometimes it does not, but nobody who has got the taste of it […]

    July 8, 2020
  • An Agile Team as Viable System

    The basic structure of an Agile Team Every Scrum Master, Agile Coach or how ever you call the role of an “Agilist” knows the situation: There is a new team or even a team of teams which wants to learn the new way of working. Usually, there is some sort of a kickoff – the […]

    May 24, 2020
  • On Bullshit – updated english version

    On Bullshit Bullshit (BS) is often interpreted as nonsensical facts. The use of empty words is a common characteristic of BS. The term is generally used as a placeholder for contexts like humbug, knickknack, frippery or mumbo jumbo. BS always has something arbitrary and is characterized by vagueness. It pretends to be profoundly knowledgeable to […]

    May 3, 2020
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