Josh Seiden & I have received tremendously positive feedback to the launch of Sense & Respond Press. Our newest venture, Sense & Respond Press, publishes short, beautiful, actionable books by leading practitioners in the field of innovation, digital transformation, product management, and design. Our readers are smart, busy, practical innovators. Our authors are experts working … Continue reading Did Lean Startup fail at GE?
Digital Transformation Is Not Innovation
Josh Seiden & I are thrilled to announce the launch of Sense & Respond Press. Our newest venture, Sense & Respond Press, publishes short, beautiful, actionable books by leading practitioners in the field of innovation, digital transformation, product management, and design. Our readers are smart, busy, practical innovators. Our authors are experts working in the … Continue reading Digital Transformation Is Not Innovation
Funding agility. What’s the right model?
16 5-star reviews for Sense & Respond:“Gothelf and Seiden starkly highlight that our twentieth-century management systems and practices simply cannot function in a world of constant change. In this insightful and practical book, they provide crucial principles and techniques for becoming a ‘sense and respond’ organization.” — Rita Gunther McGrathYou should grab a copy here and buy … Continue reading Funding agility. What’s the right model?
Roadmaps are linear. Software projects aren’t.
15 5-star reviews for Sense & Respond:“some great case studies and an extraordinarily clear case for the application of lean/agile methods across business. I’ll certainly be recommending Sense & Respond to every manager I know.” Don’t have a copy yet? Grab a copy here and buy one for your boss too.This post was originally published to my … Continue reading Roadmaps are linear. Software projects aren’t.
Execs care about revenue. How do we get them to care about outcomes?
This post was originally published to my newsletter subscribers (12k of them now). If you’d like to get these in your inbox sign up here. If there’s one metric that matters to all executives, it’s revenue. The amount of money the company is generating is core to it being able to do pretty much everything … Continue reading Execs care about revenue. How do we get them to care about outcomes?
Optimizing your team’s velocity (of learning)
Here is what people are saying about Sense & Respond:“some great case studies and an extraordinarily clear case for the application of lean/agile methods across business. I’ll certainly be recommending Sense & Respond to every manager I know.” Don’t have a copy yet? Grab a copy here and buy one for your boss too.This post was originally … Continue reading Optimizing your team’s velocity (of learning)
Intrapreneurship is a lie. So I became a consultant.
This post was originally published to my newsletter subscribers (12k of them now). If you’d like to get these updates via email sign up here. I was lucky enough to visit New Zealand in February. This is a picture I took of the Southern Alps as we flew in the tiniest plane ever to Milford … Continue reading Intrapreneurship is a lie. So I became a consultant.
Tech-only Agile? You’re going to fail.
No more waiting! Sense & Respond is here and available. After two and a half years of work, Josh Seiden and I share our principles for the next century of work. Don’t wait. Grab a copy here and buy one for your boss too. I can’t wait to hear what you think. As Eric Ries, … Continue reading Tech-only Agile? You’re going to fail.
Scaling Agile is hard. Here’s why.
I went to Barcelona on my holiday last month. Apparently that’s where Santa goes too in the offseason AND he’s a Barça fan.This post was originally published to my newsletter subscribers (10k of them now). If you’d like to get these updates via email sign up here. Last year I worked with an executive team charged … Continue reading Scaling Agile is hard. Here’s why.
The Lean UX Canvas
In most of my work these days I don’t often use an official canvas. I prefer to pick and choose the assumptions that can be found on the Business Model Canvas, Lean Canvas and others as appropriate for the client, project or initiative I’m working on and weave them together to form testable hypotheses and … Continue reading The Lean UX Canvas