For more than 25 years, this work has been guided by a single, persistent question:
How can leaders understand and improve management without fear, guesswork, or ideology?
This page brings together:
Together, they form a coherent body of work that underpins the Organization Twin and the journey from unmanaged reality to mastery in management.
This is not a content archive.
It is a record of sustained inquiry with
BOOKS · RESEARCH · NOTES and impressions FROM THE WORK
You do not need to read everything.
The materials here are not prerequisites for working with the Organization Twin. They exist to:
Some readers come here for orientation.
Others return when specific questions arise.
Both uses are valid.
The Organization Twin did not emerge from a single model or idea.
It evolved through research, application, and reflection across hundreds of organizations.
The books below document that learning over time.
The Performance Triangle (2013)
Introduced a systemic view of performance by linking people, work, organization, and results.
The underlying models were empirically tested and published in academic contexts.
Management Design (3rd Edition, 2021)
Provided a practical framework for designing management systems and operating models, supported by a one-page canvas and structured reflection tools.
These books explore how leaders use management—and how management can enable learning rather than enforce compliance.
Agile by Choice (2021)
Focused on leadership awareness, deliberate choice, and the Inner Game of management.
Diagnostic Mentoring (2022)
Documented how leaders and consultants can work with evidence safely, without triggering resistance or defensiveness.
People-Centric Management (2020)
Explored humane, enabling management as a performance advantage rather than a moral stance.
Better Management (2022)
Synthesized six principles that turn management into a competitive advantage in complex environments.
These works address how organizations evolve—and how management must change as organizations grow and mature.
The Transition of Organizations (2024)
Examined organizational growth stages and the management challenges that accompany them.
Unmanaged (2025)
Described why organizations drift into “muddling through” and how leaders can move toward mastery in management.
These books explicitly build on large-scale data and pattern recognition enabled by the Organization Twin.
Patterns of Mastery (2026)
Presents 21 empirically grounded patterns observed across organizations using the Organization Twin, based on data from 500 organizations.
The Organization Twin (forthcoming)
Articulates the concept of organizational clarity—how leaders can see, understand, and evolve management as a living system.
The models underlying the Organization Twin are supported by validated research.
Research and practice evolve together in this work.
Neither stands alone.
Alongside books and research, the work continues through articles that explore patterns, questions, and observations from real organizational contexts.
These texts are not time-bound commentary.
They are reflections that remain relevant as long as organizations struggle with clarity.
To support orientation, articles are grouped by thinking lenses rather than dates.
How organizations become visible—and why that matters
Articles explore:
Why organizations drift and muddle through
Articles address:
What better management actually looks like
Articles focus on:
Awareness before action
Articles explore:
How clarity is created and used
Articles include:
Clarity as a governance responsibility
Articles discuss:
For readers who prefer a guided entry, the following paths offer a curated starting point:
Each path combines selected books and articles.
Alongside books, research, and longer reflections, the work occasionally reaches moments that are worth recording rather than interpreting.
These notes mark:
They are not commentary and not announcements. They simply document where the work is.
(Examples shown for structure only)
Unmanaged published by LID Publishing November 2025
A book exploring why organizations drift into unmanaged states—and how leaders develop mastery in management.
Contribution to the Global Peter Drucker Forum, Vienna
A dialogue on organizational clarity, governance, and the use of Organization Twins.
Patterns of Mastery: research phase completed
Data from 500 organizations now informs the forthcoming book on organizational patterns.
You do not need to follow them regularly.
They exist to:
Each note stands on its own and can be read independently.
Thinking evolves through practice.
These notes simply mark where the practice leaves a trace.
Many of the ideas explored on this page are embedded in the Organization Twin itself.
The materials here provide:
You do not need to read these texts to work with the Organization Twin.
They are here for those who want to go deeper.
The Organization Twin is not an isolated invention.
It is the visible result of long-term inquiry into how organizations really work.
Clarity is not accidental.
It is designed.
