Auftragstaktik vs Kanbanese

Shouldn’t German tactics work better than Oriental methodologies? 

At least in case of “culturally American” developers? 

http://ricks.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2011/09/09/an_elusive_command_philosophy_and_a_different_command_culture

In such a case the next logical step should be – implement a Blitzkrieg methodology.