tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1254315679163990153.post696235848377839984..comments2023-09-09T09:36:50.321+01:00Comments on Systems Thinking for Demanding Change: Good Ideas from Flaky SourcesRichard Veryardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04499123397533975655noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1254315679163990153.post-80532682473296431952009-12-22T10:13:10.183+00:002009-12-22T10:13:10.183+00:00Hi Richard, thanks for the namecheck! For the reco...Hi Richard, thanks for the namecheck! For the record, my comment was not about rejecting ideas from the military or indeed other areas: I'll take good ideas where I find them, and we can certainly learn about agility from the marines. I'm just (1) amused at the regularity with which these ideas are "rediscovered" (as Don Reinersten commented, Warfighting was published 20 years ago); (2) noting that the military analogies seem to go down particularly well with a certain style of executive; and consequently (3) concerned that the identification with the military promotes a "business is war" metaphor which isn't the only - or even the best - way to look at businesses, organisations, markets.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09620442572110058780noreply@blogger.com