Whole Agile – Unleash People & Organizations
Whole Agile is a holistic way to see the functioning of the entire organization. Need People and Organizational practices. VIDEO & SLIDES
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People over Process – Win with People
We outline a fundamentally different approach for organizational change: one where valuing people is integral to building lasting success. VIDEO & SLIDES
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Letting Go of Agile (Culture)
“If you want something very, very badly, let it go free. If it comes back to you, it’s yours forever. If it doesn’t, it was never yours to begin with.”
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Stop Agile Initiatives!
I am sick to death of Agile Initiatives because they usually fail. Sure there are some companies where Agile just fits, but the most common case is a culture conflict. Best fix I know is: Agile is NOT the Goal (Workshop)
Goodbye From the Bobs
(This is goodbye letter shared with the department Paul Heidema and I have been working with for the last few months).
“WHY Agile?” Workshop
A key success factor in any Agile transformation is understanding WHY Agile – what do we really want? Here's how to run a "Why Workshop".
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Don’t Weaponize Agile
I hate “Agile” Initiatives because of the damage they usually cause. The problem is that when people start thinking that “Agile” is the goal they start to weaponize “Agile” and use it as a Whip or a Shield.
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Self-Appreciation Game
At Play4Agile, Olaf Lewitz and I hosted an exploratory session on personal growth hacks. Everyone shared ideas and turned into the self-appreciation game. Purpose of the Game The purpose of the game is to give people practice at accepting praise and recognition so that we feel good about our accomplishments and successes.
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Beyond Roles in Scrum
In this post we will explain how we can move to shared responsibility by focusing away from roles in Scrum.
The Business Case for an Authentic Workplace
People are messy: they have personalities and emotions. In this post we explore how we can embrace people’s messiness for advantage rather than have it act as a drag. Default Business Model is Mixed Engagement A recent study from Carnegie Mellon Training shows that there are very mixed levels of engagement from workers.
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Lean Culture is about Cultivation and Control
I have thought for a long time that Agile and Lean are pursuing similar goals and quite similar in many respects. Although compatible, I now see they have significant differences in focus. (Reader’s Note: this analysis was done in early 2012 but became a forgotten appendix for my book on Agile Culture.
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