To start my “defining of terms”, I thought I’d grab the easy pickings and quickly flesh out a term we all use several times a day: team. It turns out that defining team is extremely difficult, if you want to properly communicate that meaning to a large group of people who have differing ideas about work. After days of struggle, …
Start with the Naming of Things
As I start things back up in support of the Requisite Agility movement, it’s a good idea to begin with the basics: name things clearly. The naming of things is important. In the Jewish Bible, it’s the first thing God has the first man do: And out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl …