80% of Organizations Have Culture Challenges

80% of Organizations Have Culture Challenges

by | Apr 28, 2016 | Agile, Organizational Culture, Scrum | 0 comments

If you are having culture challenges with your organization, you are not alone. 80% of participants at a recent conference (Scrum Gathering in Orlando) reported that the dominant culture in their organization is not supportive of progressive working environment such as Agile. Where is Your Organization? The infographic below show my simplification of the Laloux [...] Continue reading »
Doing Agile vs. Being Agile

Doing Agile vs. Being Agile

by | Apr 26, 2016 | Agile | 0 comments

Doing Agile and Being Agile are different. Here is a popular infographic that explains what Agile really is and illustrates common misunderstandings about it: Doing Agile Doing Agile is about the practices: standups, user stories, iterations, etc. There are significant benefits from using Agile practices - I see it as "common sense" of getting work done. [...] Continue reading »
Culture is the Core of Your Organization – V2

Culture is the Core of Your Organization – V2

by | Apr 21, 2016 | Organizational Culture, Reinventing Organizations | 0 comments

Here is my updated drawing showing how Culture is the core of your organization - how it binds everything together. "Organizational Culture" = the wibbly, wobbly thing that connect everything. In this model, there are two important dimensions of culture: Consciousness = intangible way of being that reflects how we are as human beings. Inner world. Structure [...] Continue reading »
Improve Decision-Making with Advice Cards

Improve Decision-Making with Advice Cards

by | Apr 14, 2016 | Management, Organizational Culture, Play | 0 comments

Introducing Advice Cards - a powerful tool for improving decision-making in your organization by using the Advice Process. You can use them to increase awareness and options around who makes decisions and how those decisions are made. Advice Cards - Meaning I Decide: I make this decision alone. I Decide After Seeking Advice: This decision is mine to [...] Continue reading »
Teal Organization – Future of Work

Teal Organization – Future of Work

by | Apr 5, 2016 | Organizational Culture, Reinventing Organizations | 0 comments

Here is a visual that captures the essential elements of Teal Organizations as described in Frederic Laloux's book "Reinventing Organizations". This describes the Future of Work. Except that it has been here for decades. We never noticed how to have radically successful organizations. Enjoy. Evolutionary Purpose The foundation element is that the organization has clear [...] Continue reading »
Agile vs Waterfall

Agile vs Waterfall

by | Apr 1, 2016 | Agile | 0 comments

Here is my one page summary of some key differences between Agile and Waterfall. (I created this when I was asked to explain this to an exec earlier this month about this and I didn't have anything good in my toolkit nor could I find something on google.) Key Differences between Agile and Waterfall In waterfall, [...] Continue reading »
Reinventing Organizations for Agility

Reinventing Organizations for Agility

by | Oct 19, 2015 | Agile, Organizational Change, Organizational Culture, Reinventing Organizations | 0 comments

Excited to share slides describing the latest evolution of my story (at the Toronto Agile Conference). I talk about how we may dare to create environments where Agile may flourish so we have Organizational Agility. This requires reinventing organizations. My message is really simple: If you want Breakthrough Results Cultivate Culture to Create Places People Love [...] Continue reading »
Structure of Kanban, Energy of Scrum

Structure of Kanban, Energy of Scrum

by | Oct 9, 2015 | Agile, Kanban, Scrum | 0 comments

One of my clients was struggling with Kanban vs. Scrum as a starting place. They really like the energy of Scrum: teams, collaboration, learning but from a workflow perspective needed the adaptability of Kanban: urgent requests, different ticket types, able to change direction quickly. This happens when the management and culture is there but there [...] Continue reading »