Such cycles may be found everywhere, wherever Systems exist. In Fashion, skirts go up and down, neckties become wider or thinner. In Politics, the mood of the nation swings Left or Right. Sunspots advance or retreat. Economic indicators rise or decline. The pragmatic Systems-student neither exhorts nor deplores, but merely notes the waste of energy
... See moreJohn Gall • Systemantics. The Systems Bible
A development paradigm that can be construed from the outside as setting great store by speed—or, I suppose, velocity—is invariably going to be under continuous political and economic pressure to accelerate.
doriantaylor.com • Agile as Trauma
In reality, however, all of these events occur at once. Seeing their simultaneity (… sales continue to fall, while we spur even more efforts to sell new accounts …) helps you recognize system behavior and develop a sense of timing.
Art Kleiner • The Fifth Discipline Fieldbook: Strategies for Building a Learning Organization
Likewise, commerce may instruct but must not control the levels below it, because it's too short-sighted. One of the stresses of our time is the way commerce is being accelerated by global markets and the digital and network revolutions. The proper role of commerce is to both exploit and absorb those shocks, passing some of the velocity and wealth ... See more
Stewart Brand • Pace Layering: How Complex Systems Learn and Keep Learning
Pace Layers help visualize, distinguish, and discuss different kinds of work and teams within an organization. Here, I bring together a bunch of great thinking into a single construct.
Clay Parker Jones • Pace Layers for Organization
Slow culture is what causes us to behave the way we do—our shared beliefs and values—and fast culture is a reflection of a community’s beliefs displayed in how society functions (most often seen in rituals, language, art, music, and film). Fast culture is typically ephemeral (a new diet trend or slang word), and slow culture occurs over long stretc
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