Limit Engagement, Limit Success – Scientific Management Problems
We require environments where people can provide input and ideas. If we limit engagement, we limit success. We still have organizations who either believe or act like they believe some types of workers...
View ArticleAgile Leadership Myth #1: Telling people “You Are Empowered” Actually Works
A major challenge we run into when helping organizations shift or improve is leadership misconceptions. Agile leadership myths cause a lot of these misconceptions. We need to help avoid falling into...
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Agile Leadership Myth #2: Self-Organizing Teams don’t need any help.
How did we arrive at this place where so many people believe that self-organizing teams do not need help? The fact is, self-organizing teams DO need help. What teams can experience: Teams might not...
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Myth 3: Leaders & Managers will figure out what their agile role is magically
We have done a huge disservice to leaders and managers, as well as teams. There are plenty of people that will say we don’t need managers and leaders. People can lead themselves. While there is an...
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What to do when someone asks for an agile checklist or agile metrics checklist?
I hear these requests all the time. “What are the best agile metrics?”, “How can we measure an agile team?” and “I know we can’t just measure agile. . . but, what should be on an “organizational...
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What is Kanban (看板)? [Part 1]
This is a common question, since Kanban can have several word uses and meanings in the agile space. The term gets thrown around a lot, making it even more confusing. In order to understand Kanban and...
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Kanban Principles for Success (Part 2)
The kanban principles we use and I mention in What is Kanban? are fairly straightforward, yet often ignored in organizations who say they are doing kanban. I want to dig into a bit more depth on each...
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A Short History of Kanban (and Lean) (Part 3)
The history of lean and kanban is a challenge to boil down, so inevitably, I know there are aspects that are missing here. The title says “short” because, while there is a lot of information here, it...
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Global Listening When Remote
Global Listening When Remote Many people are working from home at this point and this will obviously continue for a while. Many organizations had already been working remote. I’ve worked on a number of...
View ArticleAnnouncing New Company – Helping Improve LLC
I wanted to take a few minutes to let you know about a big change, as if 2020 was not interesting enough. As most of you probably know, I’m not a big wordsmithed-announcement kind of guy, so this is my...
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