Constraining Agility
An outsider walking into an organisation can almost feel the waste and bureaucracy impeding it's progress. On the same day, a person of similar skills, beliefs and capabilities that works within the company feels they are working in a clearly organised, functional entity. Perceptions The difference between the 2 people is their perception of impediments and constraints. CONSTRAINT - (courtesy of dictionary.com) con-straint [kuhn-streynt] -noun 1. limitation or restriction. 2. repression of natural feelings and impulses: to practice constraint. 3. unnatural restraint in manner, conversation etc.; embarrassment. 4. something that constrains. 5. the act of constraining. 6. the condition of being constrained. 7. Linguistics. a restriction on the operation of a linguistic rule or the occurrence of a linguistic construction. -Synonyms 1. force, obligation, pressure. For me, the difference between an impediment and a constraint is whether the individual, team, organisation, enterprise, or...