All posts tagged “An Elegant Puzzle

An Elegant Puzzle – Part 4

This week we discussed sections 3.3 through 3.5. 3.3 — Visions and Strategies Being out of alignment as a manager of other managers (i.e., understanding what the team is actually doing) is an opportunity to miss out on potential productivity….

An Elegant Puzzle – Part 3

This week we discussed sections 3.1 and 3.2 3.1 — Introduction to Systems Thinking Jamie has had experience with this when studying geology and rock weathering; you have to think at a different scale. For reference, here is Wikipedia’s page…

An Elegant Puzzle – Part 2

This week we discussed Section 2.3.3 through the end of Chapter 2. Section 2.4: Productivity in the Age of Hypergrowth If your company is growing, you essentially have a new company. Dennis is feeling this in his current role, and…

An Elegant Puzzle – Part 1

Our book club is growing! We’ve added Jamie Phillips and Ryan Cox to our current group (Jameson McGhee, Dennis Stepp, and Houston Miller). Dennis chose An Elegant Puzzle: Systems of Engineering Management by Will Larson as our next read. Here’s…