As part of my investigation of high-performance organizational culture, I share the results of an interview with Traci Fenton from WorldBlu . Her motto is “Freedom at Work”. I have been an individual member for a few months since I believe WorldBlu is largely aligned with what I have seen work in the Agile space for building high-performance culture. Read More
I created the painting below almost two years ago to reflect the pain, frustration and disconnection I felt as an Agile consultant when working with a large organization. Read More
I was really impressed with Bill Joiner and Michael Hamman’s Agile 2012 session on Leadership Agility.
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After providing my 13th verbal summary of my session at Agile 2012, I realized that I did not have an infographic summarizing the session and book – An Agile Adoption and Transformation Survival Guide. So here they are.
What follows are the workshop results from Agile 2012 Session “An Agile Adoption and Transformation Survival Guide”. Read More
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.
Hi All,
Wanted to share my latest slide deck from my presentation at the Atlanta Scrum Gathering on working with culture. About 70% the same as earlier versions.
Scott Edinger talks about how to conduct an informal 360° review for yourself: ask the people around you these four questions:
Play is critical for creativity and innovation. It is something we cultivate in high-performance teams.
Last week I presented Agile Culture and Adoption Survival Guide at Agile New England. My message was around needing to understand corporate culture before undertaking Agile adoption or Agile transformation. The message resonated really strongly with participant and I received many personal thanks from people afterwards. The purpose of this post is to share additional data from that session.Read More
I am really excited about my upcoming methods & tools article on culture and have been getting some great feedback from reviewers. Two comments requested clarification around supporting analysis for my thesis that Agile, Kanban and Software Craftsmanship have a cultural bias.Read More
