Polycentric Coordination in Product Management: Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Stand-up

In a May 2024 blog post, systems thinker John Flach unpacks a deceptively simple idea with brain-tickling implications: polyce

Wading into risky waters?

Risk can often seem like a straightforward, black-and-white concept: it’s something that might happen, with a probability at

Systems do not exist..?

“There doesn’t seem to be much value in claiming something doesn’t exist” my son said when I told him that sys

The tangled mess of corporate Project Management

Corporate projects reflect the complexity of our interconnected world. Mistakes like relying on external managers, siloed oper

Project Management – An introduction into the Wizardry of Getting It Done

This post gives an overview of the scope and structure of a workshop/training which offers a primer on the bare bones of proje

Project Management, as easy as ….. Apple Pie?

You know what's funny? Whenever I bake an apple pie, it always turns out to be a great. Then why is it so difficult to have a

Planning …. backwards?

If you carry an umbrella, do you expect the weather to take notice, perhaps refraining from raining or, on the contrary, ensur

So, what is a system?

Working with John Flach & Adam Walls on the system thinking cartoons (e.g. see here) I re-emerged myself in the topic. Hav

2×2 | Ansoff: MARKET x PRODUCT

2×2 | Analyzing vs. Creating

2×2 | Managing time & Scope

2×2 | Importance vs. Urgency