Complexity Cogitators Podcast

What does an Engineering Manager actually do?As it is a very common role in organizations, should it not be relatively easy to create a role description or role definition?In this episode we will at least try.

Is everything strategy?No, everything is not strategy.But more than we traditionally believe.It is also easier than we think, but more complex than we want it to be.

Still inspired by nomadology from the minds of Deleuze and Guattari, we set out on a conversation to explore the question - how do you set and express boundaries within which the war machine can move and operate freely while still living up to the state's demands for legibility, while also enabling and incentivizing collaboration?

What ever happened to the agile revolution that was supposed to come? Or did it already happen and quietly got absorbed into normality for software development companies? In today's conversation, we are applying the lens of nomadology, a concept by Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari to, perhaps, say that what happened to the agile movement with a capital A was completely natural.

Should you always use a maturity model?And what makes them useful?Furthermore, what is the difference between a model and a framework?

What is the difference between fedback and feed-forward? What separates a first order cybernetic system from a second order cybernetic system? And how is this connected to how we formulate goals, both personal and the goals we set in organizations? This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit complexitycogitators.substack.com/subscribe

Predictability… what does it mean in complex environments with inherent uncertainty? Is it simple to achieve in enterprise software development organizations, as I claim? Is it an emergent property, as Marco says? Or is it both? This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit complexitycogitators.substack.com/subscribe

What is leadership? As we continue to scrape the surface of that question, in this part two of our conversation we start to touch on the complexity of leadership and talk about emergent leadership behaviours as well as non-directional leadership. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit complexitycogitators.substack.com/subscribe

What is leadership? That is what we are trying to scrape the surface of in this conversation. As this turned out to be a long conversation it is split in two parts. In this part one we are mostly centered around the full range leadership model as a lens to view and understand leadership in organizations. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit complexitycogitators.substack.com/subscribe

Is Agile dead?If so, have we already started the transition to the next paradigm?Or, is Ashby’s law reason enough for agility to be immortal?That is what this episode of Complexity Cogitators is about. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit complexitycogitators.substack.com/subscribe

What is organizational culture?Is there a definition that clearly explains what you need to know?And in order to influence culture, what should you measure?Can you measure culture?That is what this inagural episode of Complexity Cogitators is about. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit complexitycogitators.substack.com/subscribe