
Initially Hoshin Kanri has been influenced by Deming PDCA´s and Drucker´s management by objective. The Agile way of doing it is to assume that the first strategy is maybe wrong and it will be improved empirically over time.

In AO, the thesis is that the focus is given to the role and not function or job (Structure). You will have three principal characters: Purpose keepers, Organization keepers and agents.

The AO phases are simple achievalbe milestones for a coherent agile change.

The purpose of “Structure” is different than for “Organization”. “Structure” is feeding itself by enforcing the robustness of the enterprise. That idea was valid from an “ordered” point of view for a business model remaining the same forever.
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