Change your Culture or Die
Great Organizational Culture is Key to Thriving
Deming said that “Survival is Optional”. Organizations can change their mindset and culture or they can become extinct. Read More
Scaling Up Excellence – Agile 2012 Keynote
Bob Sutton delivered an interesting and informative keynote at Agile 2012 on how to Scale and maintain excellence. The session was a grab-bag of interesting ideas that apply even if you aren’t interested in scaling. Here is my infographic on the session: Read More
Leadership Agility – A Model for Understanding Managers
I was really impressed with Bill Joiner and Michael Hamman’s Agile 2012 session on Leadership Agility.
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Book – An Agile Adoption and Transformation Survival Guide: Working with Organizational Culture
I am very excited that I just published my free book – An Agile Adoption and Transformation Survival Guide: Working with Organizational Culture on InfoQ. Agile change agents will find it valuable in helping companies succeed with Agile and avoiding failure.
How to Conduct an Informal 360° Review
Scott Edinger talks about how to conduct an informal 360° review for yourself: ask the people around you these four questions:
Use Positive Emotions to Succeed
Barbara Fredrickson gave a great Keynote at Agile 2011 – Why care about positive emotions?
The essential message is that we can create positive environments and emotions to create an upward spiral of openness, resilience, and better performance.Read More
How to Incubate Transformational Leadership
Jon Stahl had an enlightening talk at Agile 2011 where he walked through his process for incubating transformational leadership to achieve an Agile mindset.
Confused about adoption vs. transformation? Check out ways to make progress with Culture Gaps.Read More
Benjamin Zander on the Art of Possibility
I wanted to share this inspiring video on the art of possibility and how our stance in the world can change everything. Stance is very important for coaching.Read More
Culture of “Good To Great” Companies and Why it Matters
Some years ago, my book of the year was, “Good to Great: Why some companies make the leap … and others don’t” by Jim Collins. It is a research-based exploration of what it takes to turn ordinary companies into great companies.Read More
How to Make Your Culture Work with Agile – Screencast
Here is a video primer of the Schneider Culture Model and how Agile, Software Craftsmanship and Kanban fit in. It is recorded in HD so you may want to use full screen and 720p resolution to see all the slides.
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Ways to Make Progress with Culture Gaps
In an earlier post, I talked about how Agile Fits Better in Some Company Cultures than Others.
In this post, we’ll review some common strategies for handling cultural mismatches.Read More
