Organisations have three main concerns:
1) why they are in business
2) what impact they want to make
3) how to deliver that
We call this being on purpose, of value, and in flow. We’ve seen great success using OKR frameworks as the connecting thread between these.
Why polarity thinking is holding us back
Are you tired of what passes for conversation and discourse today? Things seem to be getting more and more polarized, unprofessional, and non-collegiate. Much of the thinking seems
The professionalisation of agile coaching
There is a growing movement to adopt not just a code of ethics for agile coaching, but to adopt much more of the norms and practices of professional coaching. I published an earlie
Grow your own agile framework
In a recent chat on LinkedIn, one of the contributors contrasted the installing of an agile framework with creating one from scratch. As I read that, I was immediately struck with
Eat my theory of constraints
Recently, I volunteered to make free lunches for over 2,600 school kids. As well as doing good, I felt this could be a fantastic opportunity to observe the theory of constraints i
Becoming an agent of change
“The only thing constant is change”. We’ve all heard that phrase. Maybe so much that we tune it out as a cliché. The world around us is constantly disrupting us …
Stop trying to make agile development too lean
People often use the terms agile and lean interchangeably, as if they are the same thing. They are not. Others assume that if you are doing one then you are doing the other. This i
Why adopting Scrum is more than a game
Too many people still seem to adopt Scrum by going through the motions, like playing a game of soccer at school because its the team sports lesson. Of course, better results are ac
Four legs good, two legs bad
Another week has passed, and of course there has been continued sniping against advocates for the Scaled Agile Framework. Yes, you guessed right, this is another rant about why s
Becoming a SAFe Agilist
This week, I passed my Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) Agilist certification, with a score of 89% (46 questions out of 52 right). Whilst I am happy to have added a better understandi
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