Sublime

An inspiration engine for ideas

AllPeopleCollectionsArticlesAudioBooksFilesHighlightsImagesLinksNotesTextTweetsVideosSocial

Culture follows structure is actually the fourth of “Larman’s Laws of Organizational Behavior.”

Bas Vodde • Large-Scale Scrum: More with LeSS (Addison-Wesley Signature Series (Cohn))

How EGMs Will Change The Corporation Corporations have been the most efficient structure to get stuff done. They are large network structures that, like nearly all networks, minimize transaction costs and work on the law of least resistance. Traditionally, the networks formed inside a corporation have been denser, faster, and more valuable th... See more

NFX • Enterprise Gateway Marketplaces Will Turn Large Organizations Inside-Out

“Strategy can be considered a simple machine that consists of just four working parts: Ends, Ways, Means, and Assumptions”

For Gray, Ends were the goals, Ways the actions taken, Means were the resources deployed, and Assumptions were the necessary leaps, imagination, and guesses.

Strategy, Rediscovered? — Martin Weigel

Webdesign as architecture

www--arc.com

He’s an architect’s architect; he told me he’s interested in how buildings can help do the metaphysical work of what the philosopher Martin Heidegger called true dwelling—a social triad made of people, one to another and in their environments.

Sara Hendren • What Can a Body Do?: How We Meet the Built World

Structure3C

structure3c.com

who have created a clearly defined structure for acting in the world.

Michael E. Gerber • The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It

Managers should think of: (1) what their customers’ needs and priorities are; (2) what channels can satisfy those needs and priorities; (3) the service and products best suited to flow through those channels; (4) the inputs and raw materials required to create the products and services; and, (5) the assets and core competencies essential to the inp

Adrian J. Slywotzky • The Profit Zone: How Strategic Business Design Will Lead You to Tomorrow's Profits

That’s a great framework for senior versus junior hires. It’s okay to hire junior people for areas where it’s clearly visible to the CEO if it’s working. And any area where it’s hard to understand things quickly and easily, then you should always have senior hires. I think you should call that the Naficy framework.