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This is one of those series of books that I wish that I could use a time machine to go back in time and give myself before entering the world of Lean, Agile, continuous improvement and change management. The "Lo and Behold, X!" saga consists of 5 books that tell the story of Nate. Nathaniel Lee Abel is a young scholar who discovers a compendium of articles on the body of knowledge of X: a mysterious set of principles, practices and tools that well-meaning, passionate experts promise can be used to transform any kind of kingdom of enterprise (i.e., corporation) with. As Nate ploughs through a series of X pilot projects, X PMOs, X initiatives, Global X Management departments, X conferences, and other forms of establishing X across all realms within the opulent kingdom of Obratheria, like a Luke Skywalker he relies again and again on the Yoda-like (or Daniel/Miyagi, if you prefer) guidance of the venerable Robert McBarkle the Fourth, a retired titan of leading business and change, to overcome a series of mounting obstacles and machinations--an increasing number of which are a result of the Machiavellian Lord Richard von Kopf, who sees X as the last opportunity to enrich his legacy within the kingdom's annals before he retires. Personalities and aspirations collide, as do the various approaches and attempts at figuring out the next step in the ever-elusive "X transformation" of the kingdom according to what the consultants and business periodicals simulacra foretold in their prophecies. With an expansive cast of interacting characters based on Jungian archetypes and a comprehensive set of situations that many larger organizations face while trying to get Lean, Agile or any other change-heavy set of ideas to stick, this is a series of books that make you smarter about a) the politics and agency issues within successful organizations that seek the latest shiny object in management, and b) the clashing psychopathologies of those who promote, detract from, or endure attempts to change how things get done on a foundational level. If you liked business novels such as The Goal, The Incredible Story of Deft, The Phoenix Project, The Goldmine and The Lean Manager, and have a deep interest in avoiding political pitfalls as you go from an enthusiastic beginner to a manager of strategic initiatives and the teams that develop and manage them, I am pretty sure that you will enjoy this series too. Same goes if you have the authority to introduce any X in your organization with the help of people like Nate. If you have read the 2nd edition of "The Incredible Story of Deft", here you will also discover the origin story of Jobelina "Lina" Theemaux, the trainer who delivers the workshop on avoiding pitfalls of business hype surrounding what I call "Deft", i.e. any fad-du-jour, buzzword-laden and "miracle cure" that is supposed to solve any and all business problems.
This is one of those series of books that I wish that I could use a time machine to go back in time and give myself before entering the world of Lean, Agile, continuous improvement and change management. The "Lo and Behold, X!" saga consists of 5 books that tell the story of Nate. Nathaniel Lee Abel is a young scholar who discovers a compendium of articles on the body of knowledge of X: a mysterious set of principles, practices and tools that well-meaning, passionate experts promise can be used to transform any kind of kingdom of enterprise (i.e., corporation) with. As Nate ploughs through a series of X pilot projects, X PMOs, X initiatives, Global X Management departments, X conferences, and other forms of establishing X across all realms within the opulent kingdom of Obratheria, like a Luke Skywalker he relies again and again on the Yoda-like (or Daniel/Miyagi, if you prefer) guidance of the venerable Robert McBarkle the Fourth, a retired titan of leading business and change, to overcome a series of mounting obstacles and machinations--an increasing number of which are a result of the Machiavellian Lord Richard von Kopf, who sees X as the last opportunity to enrich his legacy within the kingdom's annals before he retires. Personalities and aspirations collide, as do the various approaches and attempts at figuring out the next step in the ever-elusive "X transformation" of the kingdom according to what the consultants and business periodicals simulacra foretold in their prophecies. With an expansive cast of interacting characters based on Jungian archetypes and a comprehensive set of situations that many larger organizations face while trying to get Lean, Agile or any other change-heavy set of ideas to stick, this is a series of books that make you smarter about a) the politics and agency issues within successful organizations that seek the latest shiny object in management, and b) the clashing psychopathologies of those who promote, detract from, or endure attempts to change how things get done on a foundational level. If you liked business novels such as The Goal, The Incredible Story of Deft, The Phoenix Project, The Goldmine and The Lean Manager, and have a deep interest in avoiding political pitfalls as you go from an enthusiastic beginner to a manager of strategic initiatives and the teams that develop and manage them, I am pretty sure that you will enjoy this series too. Same goes if you have the authority to introduce any X in your organization with the help of people like Nate. If you have read the 2nd edition of "The Incredible Story of Deft", here you will also discover the origin story of Jobelina "Lina" Theemaux, the trainer who delivers the workshop on avoiding pitfalls of business hype surrounding what I call "Deft", i.e. any fad-du-jour, buzzword-laden and "miracle cure" that is supposed to solve any and all business problems.
The world of organizational change and process improvement is a world full of theories, philosophies, N=1 extrapolations, hero worship, generalizations, and wise-sounding advice that's often sold as evergreen, eternal even. It's also a world full of hype, promises of change, hopes of transformation and other hard-hitting buzzwords, trainings, and certifications on the latest-and-greatest framework, methodology, tools and--failing all that--mindset. This bundle consists of two "business fiction" books that are based on my own professional experience in this world, hyperrealistically satirize its all-too-frequent extremes, and expose its negative aspects from two different angles: from the angle of a fictional organization faced with inoculating itself against the latest in a series of miracle-cure fads, and from the angle of a well-meaning individual who discovers and becomes infatuated with one of those fads, proceeding to adopt all of its vestiges, and to turn the fad and its tenents into the core of his newfound professional identity. The first book of the bundle, The Incredible Story of Deft, is a satirical exploration that aims to inoculate you against the perils of the endless hype, pedantry, hollow promises, and artful manipulation of "business miracle cures", such as Lean, Agile, Six Sigma, TQM, etc. It casts you in the role of an observer of a 2-day corporate training workshop and its participants' fun interactions around change and improvement initiatives. It's a book that focuses on the organizational perils of Deft caused by the cottage industries that sprout with and are reinvegorated by every new of its many iterations. The second book of the bundle is the first book of the Lo and Behold, X! saga, a tongue-in-cheek pseudo-medieval tale of a young and impressionable scholar who stumbles upon a hallowed anthology of articles describing "X"โa fabulous set of ideas, an array of tenets, a set of methodologies, a cornucopia of tools, a strategy, nay, a veritable model of enterprise and leadership that has the potential to change the world of organizations. You will learn about the motivations of the main character, his allies and his adversaries, and observe the ups and downs of people caught within the aforementioned world. Together, the books represent more than a decade of experience within this world of organizational design and change, process change and improvement, and fighting against the "dragons" of hype and BS in order to get great things done regardless. They provide an enormous amount of insights on the pitfalls to avoid when it comes to using methods, frameworks and the like, both on the professional and on the personal level.
The world of organizational change and process improvement is a world full of theories, philosophies, N=1 extrapolations, hero worship, generalizations, and wise-sounding advice that's often sold as evergreen, eternal even. It's also a world full of hype, promises of change, hopes of transformation and other hard-hitting buzzwords, trainings, and certifications on the latest-and-greatest framework, methodology, tools and--failing all that--mindset. This bundle consists of two "business fiction" books that are based on my own professional experience in this world, hyperrealistically satirize its all-too-frequent extremes, and expose its negative aspects from two different angles: from the angle of a fictional organization faced with inoculating itself against the latest in a series of miracle-cure fads, and from the angle of a well-meaning individual who discovers and becomes infatuated with one of those fads, proceeding to adopt all of its vestiges, and to turn the fad and its tenents into the core of his newfound professional identity. The first book of the bundle, The Incredible Story of Deft, is a satirical exploration that aims to inoculate you against the perils of the endless hype, pedantry, hollow promises, and artful manipulation of "business miracle cures", such as Lean, Agile, Six Sigma, TQM, etc. It casts you in the role of an observer of a 2-day corporate training workshop and its participants' fun interactions around change and improvement initiatives. It's a book that focuses on the organizational perils of Deft caused by the cottage industries that sprout with and are reinvegorated by every new of its many iterations. The second book of the bundle is the first book of the Lo and Behold, X! saga, a tongue-in-cheek pseudo-medieval tale of a young and impressionable scholar who stumbles upon a hallowed anthology of articles describing "X"โa fabulous set of ideas, an array of tenets, a set of methodologies, a cornucopia of tools, a strategy, nay, a veritable model of enterprise and leadership that has the potential to change the world of organizations. You will learn about the motivations of the main character, his allies and his adversaries, and observe the ups and downs of people caught within the aforementioned world. Together, the books represent more than a decade of experience within this world of organizational design and change, process change and improvement, and fighting against the "dragons" of hype and BS in order to get great things done regardless. They provide an enormous amount of insights on the pitfalls to avoid when it comes to using methods, frameworks and the like, both on the professional and on the personal level.
The world of organizational change and process improvement is a world full of theories, philosophies, N=1 extrapolations, hero worship, generalizations, and wise-sounding advice that's often sold as evergreen, eternal even. It's also a world full of hype, promises of change, hopes of transformation and other hard-hitting buzzwords, trainings, and certifications on the latest-and-greatest framework, methodology, tools and--failing all that--mindset. This bundle consists of two "business fiction" books that are based on my own professional experience in this world, hyperrealistically satirize its all-too-frequent extremes, and expose its negative aspects from two different angles: from the angle of a fictional organization faced with inoculating itself against the latest in a series of miracle-cure fads, and from the angle of a well-meaning individual who discovers and becomes infatuated with one of those fads, proceeding to adopt all of its vestiges, and to turn the fad and its tenents into the core of his newfound professional identity. The first book of the bundle, The Incredible Story of Deft, is a satirical exploration that aims to inoculate you against the perils of the endless hype, pedantry, hollow promises, and artful manipulation of "business miracle cures", such as Lean, Agile, Six Sigma, TQM, etc. It casts you in the role of an observer of a 2-day corporate training workshop and its participants' fun interactions around change and improvement initiatives. It's a book that focuses on the organizational perils of Deft caused by the cottage industries that sprout with and are reinvegorated by every new of its many iterations. The second book of the bundle is the first book of the Lo and Behold, X! saga, a tongue-in-cheek pseudo-medieval tale of a young and impressionable scholar who stumbles upon a hallowed anthology of articles describing "X"โa fabulous set of ideas, an array of tenets, a set of methodologies, a cornucopia of tools, a strategy, nay, a veritable model of enterprise and leadership that has the potential to change the world of organizations. You will learn about the motivations of the main character, his allies and his adversaries, and observe the ups and downs of people caught within the aforementioned world. Together, the books represent more than a decade of experience within this world of organizational design and change, process change and improvement, and fighting against the "dragons" of hype and BS in order to get great things done regardless. They provide an enormous amount of insights on the pitfalls to avoid when it comes to using methods, frameworks and the like, both on the professional and on the personal level.
The world of organizational change and process improvement is a world full of theories, philosophies, N=1 extrapolations, hero worship, generalizations, and wise-sounding advice that's often sold as evergreen, eternal even. It's also a world full of hype, promises of change, hopes of transformation and other hard-hitting buzzwords, trainings, and certifications on the latest-and-greatest framework, methodology, tools and--failing all that--mindset. This bundle consists of two "business fiction" books that are based on my own professional experience in this world, hyperrealistically satirize its all-too-frequent extremes, and expose its negative aspects from two different angles: from the angle of a fictional organization faced with inoculating itself against the latest in a series of miracle-cure fads, and from the angle of a well-meaning individual who discovers and becomes infatuated with one of those fads, proceeding to adopt all of its vestiges, and to turn the fad and its tenents into the core of his newfound professional identity. The first book of the bundle, The Incredible Story of Deft, is a satirical exploration that aims to inoculate you against the perils of the endless hype, pedantry, hollow promises, and artful manipulation of "business miracle cures", such as Lean, Agile, Six Sigma, TQM, etc. It casts you in the role of an observer of a 2-day corporate training workshop and its participants' fun interactions around change and improvement initiatives. It's a book that focuses on the organizational perils of Deft caused by the cottage industries that sprout with and are reinvegorated by every new of its many iterations. The second book of the bundle is the first book of the Lo and Behold, X! saga, a tongue-in-cheek pseudo-medieval tale of a young and impressionable scholar who stumbles upon a hallowed anthology of articles describing "X"โa fabulous set of ideas, an array of tenets, a set of methodologies, a cornucopia of tools, a strategy, nay, a veritable model of enterprise and leadership that has the potential to change the world of organizations. You will learn about the motivations of the main character, his allies and his adversaries, and observe the ups and downs of people caught within the aforementioned world. Together, the books represent more than a decade of experience within this world of organizational design and change, process change and improvement, and fighting against the "dragons" of hype and BS in order to get great things done regardless. They provide an enormous amount of insights on the pitfalls to avoid when it comes to using methods, frameworks and the like, both on the professional and on the personal level.
The world of organizational change and process improvement is a world full of theories, philosophies, N=1 extrapolations, hero worship, generalizations, and wise-sounding advice that's often sold as evergreen, eternal even. It's also a world full of hype, promises of change, hopes of transformation and other hard-hitting buzzwords, trainings, and certifications on the latest-and-greatest framework, methodology, tools and--failing all that--mindset. This bundle consists of two "business fiction" books that are based on my own professional experience in this world, hyperrealistically satirize its all-too-frequent extremes, and expose its negative aspects from two different angles: from the angle of a fictional organization faced with inoculating itself against the latest in a series of miracle-cure fads, and from the angle of a well-meaning individual who discovers and becomes infatuated with one of those fads, proceeding to adopt all of its vestiges, and to turn the fad and its tenents into the core of his newfound professional identity. The first book of the bundle, The Incredible Story of Deft, is a satirical exploration that aims to inoculate you against the perils of the endless hype, pedantry, hollow promises, and artful manipulation of "business miracle cures", such as Lean, Agile, Six Sigma, TQM, etc. It casts you in the role of an observer of a 2-day corporate training workshop and its participants' fun interactions around change and improvement initiatives. It's a book that focuses on the organizational perils of Deft caused by the cottage industries that sprout with and are reinvegorated by every new of its many iterations. The second book of the bundle is the first book of the Lo and Behold, X! saga, a tongue-in-cheek pseudo-medieval tale of a young and impressionable scholar who stumbles upon a hallowed anthology of articles describing "X"โa fabulous set of ideas, an array of tenets, a set of methodologies, a cornucopia of tools, a strategy, nay, a veritable model of enterprise and leadership that has the potential to change the world of organizations. You will learn about the motivations of the main character, his allies and his adversaries, and observe the ups and downs of people caught within the aforementioned world. Together, the books represent more than a decade of experience within this world of organizational design and change, process change and improvement, and fighting against the "dragons" of hype and BS in order to get great things done regardless. They provide an enormous amount of insights on the pitfalls to avoid when it comes to using methods, frameworks and the like, both on the professional and on the personal level.
The world of organizational change and process improvement is a world full of theories, philosophies, N=1 extrapolations, hero worship, generalizations, and wise-sounding advice that's often sold as evergreen, eternal even. It's also a world full of hype, promises of change, hopes of transformation and other hard-hitting buzzwords, trainings, and certifications on the latest-and-greatest framework, methodology, tools and--failing all that--mindset. This bundle consists of two "business fiction" books that are based on my own professional experience in this world, hyperrealistically satirize its all-too-frequent extremes, and expose its negative aspects from two different angles: from the angle of a fictional organization faced with inoculating itself against the latest in a series of miracle-cure fads, and from the angle of a well-meaning individual who discovers and becomes infatuated with one of those fads, proceeding to adopt all of its vestiges, and to turn the fad and its tenents into the core of his newfound professional identity. The first book of the bundle, The Incredible Story of Deft, is a satirical exploration that aims to inoculate you against the perils of the endless hype, pedantry, hollow promises, and artful manipulation of "business miracle cures", such as Lean, Agile, Six Sigma, TQM, etc. It casts you in the role of an observer of a 2-day corporate training workshop and its participants' fun interactions around change and improvement initiatives. It's a book that focuses on the organizational perils of Deft caused by the cottage industries that sprout with and are reinvegorated by every new of its many iterations. The second book of the bundle is the first book of the Lo and Behold, X! saga, a tongue-in-cheek pseudo-medieval tale of a young and impressionable scholar who stumbles upon a hallowed anthology of articles describing "X"โa fabulous set of ideas, an array of tenets, a set of methodologies, a cornucopia of tools, a strategy, nay, a veritable model of enterprise and leadership that has the potential to change the world of organizations. You will learn about the motivations of the main character, his allies and his adversaries, and observe the ups and downs of people caught within the aforementioned world. Together, the books represent more than a decade of experience within this world of organizational design and change, process change and improvement, and fighting against the "dragons" of hype and BS in order to get great things done regardless. They provide an enormous amount of insights on the pitfalls to avoid when it comes to using methods, frameworks and the like, both on the professional and on the personal level.
"What Would AI Do?" is a 20-volume book series that delves into the ethical decision-making processes of artificial intelligence when confronted with complex moral situations. Blending thought-provoking scenarios, the book explores the intersection of technology and morality, offering a unique and engaging perspective on AI's ethical capabilities. "What Would AI Do?" takes on a fascinating experiment, casting AI as the protagonist and immersing it in the intricacies of the human experience to keenly observe its actions. The book explores a series of thought-provoking scenarios, each presenting complex ethical dilemmas and decision-making challenges. These scenarios are crafted as AI prompts, skillfully designed to stimulate critical thinking and provide insight into how AI might navigate difficult situations.
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