Category: work ethic
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3 Questions About OKRs
Can you practice OKRs in regulated environments, in multinational corporations and with leaders who don’t give specfific goals. In short,…
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Customer value and business value are the same thing
Successful businesses know that making the customer happy is their only concern. Here’s why.
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The Highest Paid Person’s Opinion
Every company makes decisions based on the highest paid person’s opinion. It turns out it’s just a hypothesis. Here’s how…
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Performance management criteria for OKRs
If we’re going to set new goals with OKRs, we need to change how we measure the performance of our…
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When is Amazon done?
Being done with digital work no longer makes sense. Here’s why.
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Planting Season vs Harvest Season
Businesses are cyclical. Thinking about when you’re going to plant vs harvest ensures we’ve always got new ideas to try…
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Inspect and adapt, with respect
We all know go to the gemba tell us to go and see and we inspect and adapt. But there’s…
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How losing a client helped me find better ones
Last month’s blog post about the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe as it’s known) not being agile was a real barn…
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3 ways writing online makes you forever employable
Online writing can change the flow of your career, attracting opportunities to you continuously. Here are 3 reasons why.
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How to inspire creativity and innovation with one simple prompt
If you’re not getting the kind of creativity and innovation you know your team can deliver, reframe your requests to…