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Agile, Lean, Two-Face, Agile Does Not Scale

Lean trumps Agile

Transformation failure is on leadership. Change principles live or die on leadership connecting vision to value. Agile does not scale without …

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SAFe, Scaled Agile Framework, Agile, project management, information

SAFe journey, a vision of new hope

Let’s cut to the point: Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) offers a great approach to large companies that want to embrace Agile; …

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Olaf, icebreaker

Agile icebreaker

This Agile icebreaker uncovers work environment change. This exercise for training and workshops takes focus away from templates and certifications, that rarely matter, and shines a light onto actual adoption.

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Fast Start, conversation, coffee

Fast Start — Between Work and Well-Being

Well-being is important in our quality of life. In “A Missing Link Between Work and Well-Being”, Daniel Goleman shows presents a link to work’s quantity of life.

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Agile without value

Companies continue to fail Agile. Culture without practice is Agile without value. Mindset relies on values guided by principles, not templates or training.

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Agile, change management, train, management change

Agile change management needs management change

Agile at scale requires executives’ live, breath, and champion Agile values and principles. This Agile change management plan guides true, Agile change.

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impact, assessment, template, project management, blog

Impact assessment, analysis template revised

More product-driven organizations drive projects at the local business unit, division, or product level. Even these silo projects gain benefits with an impact assessment.

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skeptic, believer, builder, belief

Belief to build, the skeptic’s dilemma

Time and time again, teams are put together and asked to build a solution. The skeptics on these teams, those that …

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skeptic, builder, makes a mess

The skeptic builder makes a mess

Start with belief in why you build something or before you build. A skeptic without belief usually delivers disappointment. Sadly, leaders …

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Fast Start, Open-Plan Offices Make the Workplace More Toxic, blog , Toby Elwin

Fast Start — More Toxic Workplace

Fast start conversation: Open-plan office space. All the rage. Well, this office space plan may cause a genuine type rage far …

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Forgetting Curve, Ebbinhaus, learn, train, Star Wars, Luke, Rey

Forget what you learned

That training program you endured was a waste of time. Forget what you learned. Just take a day and you already …

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Kingpin, Agile, Lean, blog

Scrum without Lean HR: #fail

Executives expect Agile results, but too few executives and managers realize the organization change necessary to support Agile results. Agile without …

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