I am the author of Tempo!, so of course I won't rate the book myself. I am very happy with the five star review Tempo! got here. It is a bit like when your child performs in a school play, and you hear people in the audience talking about how great he is.
The other book mentioned in the tweet, Slack, is the first really good management book I ever read. Reading Slack was a turning point in my life. Having Tempo! compared to it is an honor.
I can tell you a little bit about what I wanted to accomplish.
In my work as a management consultant I meet a lot of people at all levels in many different organizations. Most of the people I meet are smart, just about everyone want to do the best job they can. Even more, they want to be the best people they can be.
Unfortunately, they nearly always work under conditions that does not allow this to happen. People are caught up in messy systems, forced to invent workarounds for non-functioning processes, tricked into working against each other because of poor organizational design.
Tempo! is intended to get at the root of the problems. When writing it, I tried to strike the most useful balance between theory and practice I could. the book is intended to be used, not just read and put on a shelf.
Tempo! has three parts. The first is about management basics, the things every manager needs to know and understand: The different types of actions a manager can take. (Turns out most mangers use the weakest types, because they are never taught about the stronger ones.), process flow, the effects of random variation, and human motivation.
The second part is about organization and basic strategic principles. I try to show how the basic principles can be applied practically. There are plenty of stories, like the one about the software company where the developers created a brilliant desk design embodying the principles of agile software development. Of course, there is also a photo.
The third part is about a planning method that will take you all the way from a strategic vision to executable project plans. The method is called The Logical Thinking Process. The original Thinking Process was developed by Dr. Eliyahu Goldratt. The version I am describing is a variant developed by William "Bill" Dettmer.
Tempo! is supported by a free newsletter, also called Tempo!. Four issues are out. There is one more on the way right now. More issues are planned. I intend to use the newsletter to support not only Tempo!, but also my future books.
In addition, I make videocasts about management and related subjects.
It is my intent to make Tempo! and the books that follow it the best supported management books available.
Before you rush off and by a copy, you should know that the current edition (as of 31st of June 2010) is in Swedish. An English translation will be published in 2010. Future books will be published in English from the start. The newsletter and the videocasts are in English already.
Tempo! got a similar review on Twitter: http://twitter.com/drunkcod/status/11...
The other book mentioned in the tweet, Slack, is the first really good management book I ever read. Reading Slack was a turning point in my life. Having Tempo! compared to it is an honor.
I can tell you a little bit about what I wanted to accomplish.
In my work as a management consultant I meet a lot of people at all levels in many different organizations. Most of the people I meet are smart, just about everyone want to do the best job they can. Even more, they want to be the best people they can be.
Unfortunately, they nearly always work under conditions that does not allow this to happen. People are caught up in messy systems, forced to invent workarounds for non-functioning processes, tricked into working against each other because of poor organizational design.
Tempo! is intended to get at the root of the problems. When writing it, I tried to strike the most useful balance between theory and practice I could. the book is intended to be used, not just read and put on a shelf.
Tempo! has three parts. The first is about management basics, the things every manager needs to know and understand: The different types of actions a manager can take. (Turns out most mangers use the weakest types, because they are never taught about the stronger ones.), process flow, the effects of random variation, and human motivation.
The second part is about organization and basic strategic principles. I try to show how the basic principles can be applied practically. There are plenty of stories, like the one about the software company where the developers created a brilliant desk design embodying the principles of agile software development. Of course, there is also a photo.
The third part is about a planning method that will take you all the way from a strategic vision to executable project plans. The method is called The Logical Thinking Process. The original Thinking Process was developed by Dr. Eliyahu Goldratt. The version I am describing is a variant developed by William "Bill" Dettmer.
Tempo! is supported by a free newsletter, also called Tempo!. Four issues are out. There is one more on the way right now. More issues are planned. I intend to use the newsletter to support not only Tempo!, but also my future books.
In addition, I make videocasts about management and related subjects.
It is my intent to make Tempo! and the books that follow it the best supported management books available.
Before you rush off and by a copy, you should know that the current edition (as of 31st of June 2010) is in Swedish. An English translation will be published in 2010. Future books will be published in English from the start. The newsletter and the videocasts are in English already.