Leading teams with OKRs requires several changes to the way you manage. The first and most important is trusting the team you’ve hired to do their work. Here’s how to start.
Why are you working on that?
Posted on February 21, 2022.Shared purpose and alignment come from a broad understanding of strategy. Here’s how to help your teams know why they are doing their work.
Fast food vs long-term nourishment: which digital transformation diet is right for you?
Posted on September 6, 2021.Your company’s digital transformation diet should consist of a mix of fast food type trainings and long-term transformation diets supported by coaches. Here’s why.
Inspect and adapt, with respect
Posted on August 2, 2021.We all know go to the gemba tell us to go and see and we inspect and adapt. But there’s another part to it — showing respect to the people we seek to improve. Here’s why.
How long do you have to live with that decision?
Posted on June 21, 2021.Decision making can cripple teams. Here’s how to unstick that process and get your ideas to market quicker.
The Work
Posted on June 14, 2021.There’s so much more to product development than writing code. Here is what The Work consists of and why you should make time to do it.
Why your scrum team needs a dedicated designer
Posted on May 24, 2021.Scrum teams fail without dedicated designers. Here’s why.
Humility is the key to agile culture
Posted on April 12, 2021.Humility is the key to leading and building agile teams and organizations. Here’s why.
Constraints are the hidden source of innovation
Posted on January 18, 2021.There are always excuses for why our teams can’t innovate or be agile. Constraints shouldn’t be one of them. In fact, they can be the source of these desired qualities. Here’s why.
Optimize your process for decision-making, not dogma
Posted on October 19, 2020.Just because it's part of The Process doesn't mean it's the best way to do things. Earlier this year I held a webinar panel with Sense & Respond Press author Randy Silver about his new book, What do we do now?. On that panel was my former colleague Selena Hadzibabic who, today, is the vice … Continue reading Optimize your process for decision-making, not dogma