Although SD as a “field” of knowledge and application is healthy as seen from the “inside” it has no external profile or credibility outside of a small circle of devotees.
A subtle corollary to this is the author’s observation that SD seems to attract almost entirely one personality type: process driven & introverted. The challenge for continued sustainable growth is to find ways to change the external perception of SD, while maintaining it’s current internal state, and attracting other kinds of people – specifically the people-driven, extrovert. This latter group, is by the way, probably the majority of managers how are potential users of our methodology.
A possible way to achieve these goals is to:
For more thoughts see Feasibility of Certification.
Gordon Kubanek
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