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You hear ‘agile’. What do you think? New processes? Kanban, scrums, stand-up meetings? A big bank? Jargon?
I hear agile, I imagine a gymnast, a goalkeeper, or a boxer. A person, at once fluid in movement, ready in position, nimble afoot with reach, power and impact.
You hear ‘viable.’ You think financially sound? Minimum viable product? Low-cost improvement? The stuff of being agile?
I hear viable, I think life and living.
We get agility and viability the wrong way round. Especially in our organisations.
Viability is a property of a whole organisation, alive in its parts that are adaptively connected.
Viability *precedes* agility. People: alive in all their senses and moving with freedom.
Viability arises from the adaptive connections of six verbs: Govern. Plan. Manage. Assess. Assure. Produce.
In my next webinar, we’ll discuss these adaptive connections, and explore how their fractal nature gives form to the idea, “from little things, big things grow.” [2]
Please join the conversation on Tuesday, 24 November 2020 at 10:30am (AEDT) by registering here www.drrichardhodge.com/webcast
Invite your friends and colleagues to a connective conversation. If the date and time don’t suit you, please register and we’ll send a link to the recording.
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[1] Professor A. Stafford Beer, Diagnosing the System for Organizations, Wiley, Chichester, 1985
[2] Paul Kelly & The Messengers, EMI, 1991 – Song written by Kev Carmody and Paul Kelly.