Welcome to our post series on definitions.
Sometimes in business, we use different kinds of jargon and nomenclature that we picked up from the many places we have worked over the years.
This is our post series to define that jargon so you know what we are talking about.
Enjoy!
The justification for embarking upon an organizational development effort (i.e. to work on the business), which determines the resources and priority allocated to the breadth (the “what“), depth (the “how“) and the urgency (the “when“) of delivering a solution. The “why” is often driven by a combination of stakeholders, including functional practitioners, visionary practitioners and…
What we mean when we refer to proactive effort
The fashioning of technology using machine language, programming languages or infrastructural configurations to serve the utility of a human endeavor. The “how” is most often executed by technical practitioners.
What we mean with we refer to “working IN the business…”
Effort focused on analyzing a sought future state or outcome and then evaluating, reasoning and selecting the potential way(s) that this outcome could be reached. This type of effort requires a analytical cognitive context for a person developing the outcome while working alone; and entails participation in collective reasoning and decision-making rituals when working as…
What we mean when we refer to responsive effort
