Monday, February 11, 2008

Paradox Enables Break Through Thinking

An important concept that just seems to be sinking into my thought patterns is "Paradox" and the enabling forces to break through thinking. This concept has been kicking around as I try to define my thoughts surrounding:
  • Innovation at the edge and its apparent contradiction to Deming
  • Structure induced by enterprise architecture to enable agility, that hinders
  • Non emergent teams being used to solve problems
Once we identify paradoxical behavior in a system it must be studied and analyzed. A behavior that seems to be contradictory can give the opportunity for truly innovative thinking. Paradox should be viewed as extremely important and a catalyst for moving bodies of knowledge forward.

There is an idea here that I am trying to grasp. Articulation is one of the many inhibitors...

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