VAST – Virtuous Cycle for Connection
The VAST cycle - vulnerability, authentic connection, safety, trust - is a sense-making model for increasing human connection and engagement.
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Whole Agile – Unleash People & Organizations
Whole Agile is a holistic way to see the functioning of the entire organization. Need People and Organizational practices. VIDEO & SLIDES
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“WHY Agile?” Workshop
A key success factor in any Agile transformation is understanding WHY Agile – what do we really want? Here's how to run a "Why Workshop".
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Don’t Weaponize Agile
I hate “Agile” Initiatives because of the damage they usually cause. The problem is that when people start thinking that “Agile” is the goal they start to weaponize “Agile” and use it as a Whip or a Shield.
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Beyond Roles in Scrum
In this post we will explain how we can move to shared responsibility by focusing away from roles in Scrum.
How to Hard-Wire Happiness to Develop your Leadership Capacity
Would it be useful to learn how to hard-wire you happiness so that you can be a more effective leader? Or just a happy person? Read on as we explore the key ideas in Rick Hanson’s book Hardwiring Happiness. The New Brain Science of Contentment, Calm, and Confidence.
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Emotional Antidote Map: Identify and Mitigate Negative Emotions
In my last post, The Business Case for an Authentic Workplace, I talked about the economic value in seeing the whole person – including their emotions. But what do we do when people actually have emotions? In this post, I present a model that helps identify our emotions and provides guidance.
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The Business Case for an Authentic Workplace
People are messy: they have personalities and emotions. In this post we explore how we can embrace people’s messiness for advantage rather than have it act as a drag. Default Business Model is Mixed Engagement A recent study from Carnegie Mellon Training shows that there are very mixed levels of engagement from workers.
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How to Go Fast With Sticky Notes
Agile teams and innovators use sticky notes in group meetings to share ideas, organize thoughts and get to consensus. I created some guidance on using sticky notes to help people just getting started or for those who want to go faster. Here are some simple guidelines to go fast.
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Reality-Check Your Ship Date in 30 Minutes
Once upon a time, I was visiting with a client that wanted to do a reality check of the planned ship date for the release. Here is how you can leverage the wisdom of crowds to get a accurate prediction for the release date in just 30 minutes.
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How Change Initiatives Damage Organizations and Fail
A simple (and misunderstood) way people think of their change initiative like this: Their organization is just sitting there, ready to change in wonderful ways. We just have to tell people how great our new initiative is and they will be lining up to learn more and make things happen. Right? Unfortunately, organizations are complex.
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