Still No Silver Bullets

Still No Silver Bullets

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The Bench Marking Trap

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–Pfeffer and Sutton

“…people copy the most visible, obvious, and frequently least important practices.”




The Replica Trap




–Sutton and Rao

The belief that “we can accomplish the same result widely by simply doing the same thing all

over the place.”










Here There
















(for now)




Problem




Patterns




Preserving




Possibilities




Principles




Probes




Perceive




Permeate




Don’t bet the farm.




Understand the

Look for

What is

What

What

Design

What might you

How will you

problem.

patterns.

preserving the pattern.

possibilities exist?

principles apply?

probes.

perceive about how your probe is working?

permeate the innovation to other areas?




You will evolve some thing that • makes things better• fits your teams & • your unique context.(For now.)







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Leadership & Management

Still No Silver Bullets