A company does not rely on a single, overarching governance model. Instead, several governance structures are tailored to different company functions, …
Three ways to remember how to measure
So much corporate money investment to learn. Too little investment in ways to remember. When we add cost of training, such …
Constant change, times five
Change is not a formula or recipe or one-time check list. Multiply effort to understand change times five for better change.
The future of work is not routine
A quiet panic that spreads across offices is AI will replace jobs. That fear feels real, but hides a deeper truth: …
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; …
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 …
Artificial Intelligence and the illusion of competence
The artificial intelligence (AI) promise automates not just what we do, but how we think. Efficiency targets to write emails, to approve loans, to diagnose illness, and to manage calendars. The future seems more intelligent.
The first thing AI will expose is how much of corporate life never required human intelligence to begin with. Much of what passes for “knowledge work” is rule-following and repetition wrapped in PowerPoint. When AI takes that over, many will call it disruption. I call it honesty.
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 …
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 …
The 2 most important learning metrics
CEOs care about learning programs. To gain more executive-level interest, guess what learning and development folks? CEOs want metrics. Give them …
Apple’s technology formula
Too often there is a chasm between the technology design and the user need. Technology alone is not enough. Whether a business area …
Top 10 blog posts for 2013, 5 to 1
The top 10 blog views for 2013 continue on with a top 5 countdown to the most requested posts of the year.
Does your organization challenge find a platform within? Or will the might of the project hammer leave all who enter impact stagger out concussed?
Seriously, what were the most viewed posts on: culture, projects, impact assessments, learning? All interests revealed within.
Fast Start — The importance of agility
Fast Start conversation: People who operate and respond in an ambiguous environment today provide the greatest organization, comparative advantage. The competency …
3 tips for anyone to design or evaluate training
You can not change what you can not measure. The value of training is on trial, a trial to prove training’s return on investment. With money scarce you need to identify the dollar impact on training. Here are 3 tips for anyone who to evaluate training.
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