Should you Manage your Organization with Agile Techniques?




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Summary: Steve Denning’s new book, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0470548681?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=business901-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0470548681">The Leader's Guide to Radical Management: Reinventing the Workplace for the 21st Century</a> (Jossey-Bass, 2010) was the topic of our discussion. Radical management is a fundamentally different approach to management, with seven inter-locking principles of continuous innovation: focusing the entire organization on delighting clients; working in self-organizing teams; operating in client-driven iterations; delivering value to clients with each iteration; fostering radical transparency; nurturing continuous self-improvement and communicating interactively. In sum, the principles comprise a new mental model of management. <br> <br> Steve is also the author of the award-winning books, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0787987891?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=business901-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0787987891">The Secret Language of Leadership: How Leaders Inspire Action Through Narrative (J-B US non-Franchise Leadership)</a> and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/078797675X?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=business901-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=078797675X">The Leader's Guide to Storytelling: Mastering the Art and Discipline of Business Narrative</a>. Steve works with organizations in the U.S., Europe, Asia and Australia on leadership, innovation, business narrative and reinventing management. From 1996 to 2000, Steve was the Program Director, Knowledge Management at the World Bank. In November 2000, Steve Denning was selected as one of the world’s ten Most Admired Knowledge Leaders (Teleos). In the Fall of 2009, Steve was a Visiting Fellow at All Souls Colleges, Oxford University, UK. <br> <br> Related Posts: <br> <br> <a href="http://business901.com/blog1/the-differences-in-lean-and-agile/">The differences in Lean and Agile</a> <br> <br> <a href="http://business901.com/blog1/agile-scrum-kanban-or-is-it-just-a-marketing-funnel/">Agile, Scrum, Kanban, or is it just a Marketing Funnel?</a> <br> <br> <a href="http://business901.com/blog1/agile-scrum-kanban-or-is-it-just-a-marketing-funnel/">Pull:</a><a href="http://business901.com/blog1/the-pull-in-lean-marketing/">The Pull in Lean Marketing</a> <br> <br> <a href="http://www.business901.com/blog1/value-stream-marketing-and-the-indirect-marketing-concept/">Value Stream Marketing and the Indirect Marketing Concept</a> <br> <br> <a href="http://business901.com/blog1/receiving-better-response-rates-thru-agile/">Receiving Better Response Rates thru Agile</a><br>