by Jason | May 28, 2014 | Becoming Agile
I once worked with a team who had been victimized by a re-org. They were left without a manager, a crime in this organization, and they didn’t know how they fit into the ‘new world’. I worked with this team and helped them figure out their own...
by Andrew | Mar 2, 2014 | Becoming Agile
I’m conducting a communication experiment. Lately I’ve encountered a frustrating pattern of people referring to “THEY” as an impediment to getting work done – efficiently, effectively or otherwise. This pattern has occurred everywhere...
by Jason | Mar 17, 2013 | Becoming Agile
If you asked 10 people what it meant to be “an Agile company”, you’d likely get 10 different answers. Some will tell you that Agile is a set of practices and processes while others will tell you it’s a mindset. They’re both right. In a...
by Jason | Mar 9, 2013 | Becoming Agile, Systems Thinking
Change projects have a lousy success record. Various change management studies dating back to 1995 show about a 30% success rate with success being defined as “project was finished on time, budget with the expected outcome”. I suggest those people who were...
by Andrew | Oct 28, 2011 | Becoming Agile, Big Ideas, Systems Thinking
The most common maps of enterprises are hierarchical “organizational charts”. We see them everywhere. We depend on them to illustrate the structural elements of an organization and identify the people working within them. Their underlying organizing...
