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I used to believe the age of creativity in business, was the wave of new products based on the Internet and the future wave following the expiry of 3D printer patents (2014) . When I read Niels’s paper , I understood the collapse of craftsman-age creativity at the beginning of the industrial era, but I didn’t connect it to the different objects I saw, touched and used in my life. Last week, I visited a West African Museum in Lyon and I would not have expected this tour to open my mind to the different building ages. While we were walking in the museum, the guide explained the objects exhibited and we understood most of the collection was composed of pieces bought from the end of 19th century to the mid 20th. The objects created by one tribe were totally different from objects sculpted by another. Also, the signification could be totally different from one tribe to another and also us. Those objects were considered as art by Western people at this time, but in fact were day-to-day o...

English version below. Dans le document " Organiser pour la complexité ", Niels propose des principes d'organisation pour adapter son organization à la complexité. La maturité de ce document est le résultat d’années de travail qui se matérialisent dans ses  autres présentations disponibles en ligne . Ces idées font parti d'un mouvement plus large nommé "Beyond Budgeting" qui se défini comme "un mouvement après le commande et contrôle, pour un modèle de management avec plus d' empowerment et adaptabilité" Vous trouverez parmi les cas d'utilisation réalisés par " l'International Center for Outperformance ", celui de la société FAVI (Voir diapositives en fin de ce billet) . Niels a aussi publié quelques  notes intéressantes sur ce sujet. François Zobrist qui est au centre de la mise en place du management à la FAVI donne dans la vidéo ci-dessous, un témoignage au CJD Biarritz. Vous trouverez des similitudes avec le docu...

English version below.  Nos organisations peuvent avoir des difficultés à définir une structure interne qui réponde aux contraintes sociales et économiques externes. Celles actives dans des domaines soumis à des contraintes de changements douces, peuvent se contenter d’améliorations continues. Par contre, dans la plupart des domaines technologiques, les structures managériales ne permettent pas d’affronter l’accélération créative/économique en cours. Nos organisations IT ont trouvé des principes d’amélioration par la gestion en flux, le fast design et la validation anticipée (Agile, Devops, LeanStartup, etc.). Néanmois, d’un point de vue managériale haut niveau, il n’y a pas vraiment de principes adoptés et mis en place dans la globalité de l’entreprise.  L’année dernière, grâce au mouvement #stoos , j’ai redécouvert le mouvement “Beyond Budgeting” (première rencontre ALE2011 ) et ai vraiment apprécié le document de Beta Codex “Organiser pour la complexité”. J’ai décidé...

I wish you a wonderful new year 2013, filled with a lots of great products developed in a healthy and agile environment. Please find below, a video from Bassett & Partners.   "The 18 minute "Connecting" documentary is an exploration of the future of Interaction Design and User Experience from some of the industry's thought leaders. As the role of software is catapulting forward, Interaction Design is seen to be not only increasing in importance dramatically, but also expected to play a leading role in shaping the coming "Internet of things." Ultimately, when the digital and physical worlds become one, humans along with technology are potentially on the path to becoming a "super organism" capable of influencing and enabling a broad spectrum of new behaviors in the world." Source: nickfinck : Connecting - interaction design and the user experience

The second ALE (Agile Lean Europe) main event occurred in Barcelona the 29th-31st August 2012. At the beginning of the second day, an energising passion could be felt and those who were in Berlin last year, understood that the ALEnetwork magic is repeatable. I would like to thank all the organisers for this gift and hope others will follow their example. A thousand tips, smiles, books, domains of knowledge to discover, etc. are now somewhere in my brain. Some of them will reemerge later, some are already digested. So here below are those currently on my mind.   People in action ALE participant engagement is probably the most astonishing differentiator with other events. During the full three days, at every moment, the attendees proposed, shared and enlightened workshops and sessions. All of them are passionate, with different levels of knowledge. Most of them have an activity related to the ALEnetwork, like organising an event for their local community, running online pr...

On the 26th of April 2012, Mix-IT 2012 took place in Lyon. This second edition was handled by the same team as the first. As the internal organisation had matured, the team was more relaxed and the pressure only soared in the last days before the conference. The following paragraphs concern my own feelings and what I learned. This is not the Mix-IT team view, which is available on the Mix-IT web site. Organising an IT conference is a pleasant exercise, mainly due to the rewards of meeting passionate people and skilled speakers. Hereafter, find a list of points to address when you want to launch a conference and my current opinion related to Mix-IT.   Defined goals : If you just launched an event without goals in mind, being consistent in the organisation would be hard. Choices would be difficult to make and would lead to long hours of unproductive discussion. For me, the Mix-IT goals are: The entry price must be affordable to every IT guy. Even an unemployed perso...

Ecologist Eric Berlow illustrates how you can simplify an overwhelming infographic to a few elementary points.