Autopoiesis (Maturana and Varela 1980[1972]) is central to Stafford Beer’s Viable Systems Modeling (VSM). VSM asserts that an enterprise has and retains its identity – it is in the business of preserving its own organization.[1]…
Distinguishing the Q-sectors The need for dynamic alignment and synchronization – the capabilities associated with the top-Λ of the double-V cycle – arise as a consequence of the competitive pressures created by accelerating demand tempos….
We have seen how the competitive pressures created by accelerating demand tempos lead organizations to develop the requisite agility needed to work with the top-Λ of the double-V cycle – to develop the capabilities for…
by Philip Boxer As demand tempo exceeds integration tempo, ‘design-time’ and ‘run-time’ become entangled[1], requiring a different approach to governance that needs to be East-West (horizontally) dominant[2]. It follows that the double-V cycle[3] becomes increasingly…
by Philip Boxer To take advantage of the effects of digitalization, an enterprise needs to move from a two-dimensional to a four-dimensional approach to governance – from a two-dimensional ‘as above, so below’ approach to…
by Philip Boxer How does an enterprise create and capture value when the demand tempo, the tempo at which the experiences of its clients need to change, is faster than the tempo at which it…
by Philip Boxer Why three kinds of symmetry-breaking? Because each symmetry is based on a different kind of basis for agreement: ‘how to do things’, ‘who to be’ and ‘what to want’. The need for…
by Philip Boxer How does an enterprise create and capture value when the demand tempo – the tempo at which its client’s experience needs to change – is faster than the tempo at which the…
by Philip Boxer Ecosystems contain large numbers of operationally and managerially independent organizations interacting with each other in supplying and purchasing roles. These ecosystems present challenges summarized as follows: These challenges limit the kind of…
by Philip Boxer Architectural evaluation usually focuses on the supplier’s domain from which a product or service is to be provided in response to some customer’s direct demand. The supplier approaches architecture from the starting…