FlowChainSensei
I'm Bob Marshall, a business culture change veteran with 50+ years of experience. I've created innovative approaches such as FlowChain, Prod•gnosis, Organisational Psychotherapy and Quintessence, as well as the Antimatter Principle. I pioneered "European" Agile back in 1994. I'm passionate about sharing new ideas in software development and consider myself an Ideas Artist. My work is well documented in books such as Product Aikido, Hearts over Diamonds, Memeology and Quintessence. Also, my blog.
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The Quintessential CEO and AI
The Quintessential CEO and AI Quintessence posits that quintessential organisations have no need for managers. So where does that leave the person at the top — and is there even a top at all? Bob Marshall · Former CEO, Familiar (1996–2000) · Author of Quintessence, etc. I have a confession to make. I wrote a book arguing, in some detail, that quintessential organisations have no need for traditional managers.
https://flowchainsensei.wordpress.com/2026/05/16/the-quintessential-ceo-and-ai/
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How Often Should I Hit Publish? I’d Love to Know What Works for You
How Often Should I Hit Publish? I'd Love to Know What Works for You Here's a question I've been sitting with lately: how often do you actually want to hear from me? I've been publishing on WordPress since 2010. That's a long time to develop habits and assumptions about what readers want — and also a long time for those assumptions to quietly go stale.
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I bet developers just HATE having to attend to folks' needs. #Attendants #AntimatterPrinciple
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How're you going to find the meaning in your life if not through meaningful (and skilled) conversations? #Logotherapy #Frankl