Independence and Centralisation: Power Structures in Delivery Organisations
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A hugely interesting outcome of the Independence Referendum has been the growth in interest in questions that previously only attracted political geeks of the wide staring eyed variety. The rise in political interest has allowed us to reimagine what kind of country should Scotland be, and how closely should it be adapted to its context, and a conscious seeking of models that might serve as inspiration to what Scotland could be, regardless of the referendum outcome.
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Independence Devo-Max/Ultra/Nano Revolution, Evolution
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Hacking Power Structures
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What the HELL?Why is this idiot talking in Swedish? !Aren’t we supposed to be talking about Scotland? !Or Software..?
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DEADLY WarningI don’t live in Scotland. I don’t have a vote in the
referendum. !
I am using the referendum as a way in to talk about change in organisations.
!I am not - not - advocating voting either way.
It’s for Scotland to decide.
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Politics and politicians don’t have a great reputation
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Things willstart getting better
when we start treating them as
they are, not as we’d
like them to be @drunkcod
A shadow is haunting Software"
!
!
The shadow of
Agile"
It is high time that Agilists should openly,
in the face of the whole world,"!
"publish their views,
their aims, their tendencies, and meet this Spectre of Agile
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“The struggle of
Class against Class is a
Political Struggle”
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One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors
Plato
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We, gathered as the Scottish Constitutional Convention, do hereby acknowledge the sovereign right of the Scottish people to determine the form of Government best suited to their needs, !A Claim of Right for Scotland, 1989
Those puny little ants outnumber us a hundred to one and if they ever
figure that out there goes our way of life!
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Subsidiarity!!
The principle of power operating
at the lowest possible
level.
Systems Thinking!!
Left to themselves, components become selfish, competitive. We cannot afford the
destructive effect. A system must be
managed. !
W Edwards Deming
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1.Power originates from and resides in the team.
2.Consciously choose what power to share with a higher level system.
3.Do not make it a static choice.
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Have Patience !
Build Trust !
Spot the Moment
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When you play the
Game of Thrones, you win or
you die.
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http://weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2014/08/25/getting-a-good-feeling/
via @SemanticWill
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Yes, there are risks. !
But we have the capability to face them
and overcome.
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The secret of freedom lies in
educating people, whereas the secret
of tyranny is in keeping them
ignorant.” Robespierre
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Incumbent power structures own the means of communication and interpretation of events. !So they can spin events any way they way. Preaching to nobody, or to the choir can be spun as being out and engaging in debate with the nation.
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A very civilly broken egg by one person can be spun as howling violent mobs.
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Nationalists themselves no longer pretend that the Yes campaign is
their property.
People, especially Labour people, insist
noisily that their choice of independence has
nothing to do with nationalism. This is
fundamental. Ian Bell,
Sunday Herald 7 Sept
Creating ’us and them’ culture bubble feels great but is
ineffective in affecting wider
change
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Nationalists themselves no longer pretend that the Yes
campaign is their property.
People, especially Labour people, insist
noisily that their choice of independence has
nothing to do with nationalism. This is
fundamental. Ian Bell,
Sunday Herald 7 Sept
Be more than a campaign
!
Be more than a community
!
Be a movement
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Agile is Politics !
Share power thoughtfully !
Patience and confidence building work. !
They will fight you, with fear, with disengagement
Be engaged Be a movement
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”We’re not genetically
programmed in Scotland to make political
decisions” Johann Lamont
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Work as if you are in the early days of a better nation.
Alasdair Gray
http://nationalcollective.com/manifesto/2014/08/andrew-tickell/
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Work as if you are in the early days of a better nation.
Alasdair Gray
