There is nothing to aim at, nowhere to go?
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... and we also need such awareness for each and every problem or obstacle we will meet underway.
Investigating likely system responses in an aware manner can reveal and predict system pressures that we may need to deal with on a journey for learning steering and anticipating stances. And having figured out which stance I need to solve a particular problem, is only the beginning of solving it. A required stance may not be one that I know (well) how to do. A stance may be uncharted territory in and off itself for a product and/or context.
We aim at a target, and when we miss, well, ... we missed, and we take aim again. We are learning to shoot. This approach suits innovative projects where we are willing and aware of entering The Great Unknown. There seems to be no other way for entering uncharted territory than by traveling it and charting it. When used for the wrong product type this stance results in blaming. No one will dare take accountability for any of the problems. Not me!
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We aim at a target and when we miss we investigate why our body missed hitting the target. We are learning to learn how to shoot better, as in, we are learning how to aim. This approach is suitable for consolidation and balancing. When doing this, the products are processes. Examples of typical systems that can be effectively developed in this way are archiving systems. When used incongruently this stance can result in placating. People will spend most of their energy and time on the system, and the system will come to a grinding halt in terms of learning how to deal with changes in its environment. Every attempt to change anything is done in a routine manner, even when not intended as a routine. Foreign elements get rejected, encapsulated or fought.
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We aim at a target and when we miss we investigate why we aimed at something else because, obviously, our body shot something else. We are learning how to aim better. With this approach to aiming and shooting we can best create systems on demand. When used improperly this stance can result in head (executive system) and body (operational system) going to war in love/hate relationships or existing in total misunderstanding of each others pressures and their own pressures in irrelevance, resulting in a HeadlessBody with lots of rumors and puzzles flying. People start solving apparent non-problems as if the world depends on it. Other people vote with their feet - now that is really useful for solving any real problems!
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We imagine aiming at several likely targets, but do not really have to shoot the arrow each time. We are learning to predict likely effects of our aiming and shooting stances for that particular product or context for a receivable we are to deliver. This way of aiming and shooting is highly recommended for producing secure and reliable products. Perhaps it is required. When used for a non fitting product this stance can result in superreasonable behavior of the system. A MadStakeholder system in which its people loose time, energy and resources to tracking changes in executive management moves instead of a target.
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There is everything to aim at, and everywhere to go?
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