by michaelsahota | Sep 1, 2016 | Agile, Leadership, Organizational Change, Organizational Culture, Reinventing Organizations |
Want increased success with your Agile Transformation? Here are the 10 most important Navigation Secrets for Execs and Coaches. In this post, I share key lessons I have learn over years of industry experience. This presentation came out of a webinar I ran with Maria... Continue reading »
by michaelsahota | Jul 12, 2016 | Leadership, Management, Personal Growth |
I noticed a pattern early on in my career helping organizations use Agile as a way to grow their capabilities: The Leader is the Limit for Growth. I am speaking about the most senior person involved in the change initiative: Director, VP, or CEO. How they show up as... Continue reading »
by michaelsahota | Oct 19, 2015 | Agile, Organizational Change, Organizational Culture, Reinventing Organizations |
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... Continue reading »
by michaelsahota | Jun 10, 2015 | Organizational Change, Organizational Culture, Reinventing Organizations |
It has been 3 years since I wrote “An Agile Adoption & Transformation Survival Guide: Working with Culture” to help the Agile community increase success in spreading Agile. In this video, I share the highlights of what I have learned. Some of it is... Continue reading »
by michaelsahota | Apr 23, 2015 | Management, Organizational Culture, Personal Growth |
Delighted to share the slides from my and Soo Kim’s presentation at Spark The Change. Summary An insider’s account of a manager’s journey of cultural transformation. How our beliefs and assumptions radically shifted. How we found the courage to fully see what is... Continue reading »
by michaelsahota | Mar 8, 2015 | Agile, Organizational Change, Organizational Culture |
There is a huge world of difference between Enterprise Agile and Agile Enterprise. They are both valuable and accomplish very different things. Enterprise Agile Enterprise Agile addresses the question – “How can we use elements of Agile to improve typical... Continue reading »
by michaelsahota | Feb 9, 2015 | Agile, Organizational Culture, Scrum |
Four years ago, I argued that Agile is a Culture System focussed on Collaboration and Cultivation. We may build on and refine this understand to see that Agile points towards a higher level of organizational consciousness and the benefits that come with it. In... Continue reading »
by michaelsahota | Jan 29, 2015 | Management, Organizational Culture |
Looking for a way to help evolve your organization’s culture? Frederic Laloux’s model provides a clear picture of how culture may evolve in an organization. The model comes from Reinventing Organizations – a landmark book in the development of... Continue reading »
by michaelsahota | Dec 4, 2014 | Agile, Management, Organizational Culture |
Agile is incomplete. We need to augment it to create the “whole product”. But what is it? There are many ideas: transformation approach, culture, leadership, but something is still missing. Whole Agile Whole Agile is a holistic way to see the... Continue reading »
by michaelsahota | Sep 16, 2014 | Agile, Organizational Change, Organizational Culture |
“If you want something very, very badly, let it go free. If it comes back to you, it’s yours forever. If it doesn’t, it was never yours to begin with.” – Harry Kronman I have discovered the truth of this with Agile. The one time in my whole life I... Continue reading »
