Alt-culture (some call it "anti-culture") is an organization's underground, authentic culture. Different from the officially communicated (internally and externally) one. What are its key characteristics? * it consists of regular/consistent actions, behavioral patterns, values (used in everyday decision making) of the majority of the organization's members - empirically observed, not...
To make sure it's 100% clear, a short reminder: this blog post represents my private comments, statements, and viewpoints. They should not be associated with my employer - either the current one or the past ones. The opinions quoted in this article have popped up during casual, social conversations, not...
Disclaimer (and a short reminder): this blog post represents my personal observations & opinions. It should not be affiliated in any way to my prior or current employers and (in particular) cannot be treated as an unofficial or official statement on their behalf. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Public cloud is everywhere these days. It's...
Working in many different environments provided me a good perspective on what scaling models are applied by different companies. Today I'd like to spend a bunch of keystrokes on one of the worst scaling models I've ever encountered. I call it: > Scaling by bubbling the problems out How does it...
We live in interesting times: completely new industries do pop up out of the blue, spawning completely new roles & positions, business models, and organizational structures. Our dynamic environments require us to re-invent what felt like carved-in-stone and compose unique organizations that fit our purpose. Obviously, sometimes we do it well,...
Have you noticed how easy it is ... ... to sabotage an idea/initiative? By inventing countless "special cases to consider" (of the negligible meaning) and potential weak spots (to prove that the solution ain't perfect). By triggering more and more "what-about" side-subtopics and flooding the conversation with subjective but hardly related...
