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    Ingredients for the Vital Organisation

    August 31, 2017 / 1 Comment
    The Vital Organization

    A vital organization has its own #IDENTITY for growing an understanding of the purpose. A vital organization has objectives driven from a shared #VISION and the collective #MOTIVATION to get there A vital organization considers the possibilities from the #DEMAND, work in #TEAMS, and #BESTPRACTICES A vital organization is about the people and their #CONTRIBUTION,…

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  • [Article],  Way of Working

    A Dictionary of Agile Language (updated)

    August 30, 2017 / No Comments
    A Dictionary of Agile Language

    The importance of language is inevitable. Finding the right wording, which is expressing exactly what we want to say from a context point of view, but also from a emotional point of view. The agile development space is an area of application, where this comes true notably. We just need to recall, that we use…

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  • Organization Design

    Stupidity or Information Overload

    August 26, 2017 / No Comments

    The amount of information is growing tremendously day by day. Any kind of knowledge is encapsulated in articles, blog posts, status updates, or tweets. No one can believe that mankind is getting that smart that wisdom is being derived from that information overload – even not in the future. So what are the factors we…

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  • [Article],  Way of Working

    A Practical Journey to Communities of Practice

    August 25, 2017 / No Comments
    Communities of Practice

    A while ago I have been asking the community at Agile Uprising for some hints on how to setup communities of practice. I felt like I would need some support. I had a rough idea what I would want to achieve by establishing communities, but I was lacking the idea how to get there. The…

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  • Personal Growth

    Knowledge without Wisdom

    August 21, 2017 / No Comments

    For many topics, we are facing an overexposure of information today. Too much information stresses us. It leads to wrong decisions. When do we ask ourselves if we need all of this information? What do we gain? Information fasting can help us to take a step back and observe what (missing) information is doing to…

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  • Leadership Skills

    How to Involve Your Team in Creating Vision and Strategy

    August 20, 2017 / No Comments

    One of the biggest mistakes leaders make is thinking they are supposed to have all the answers, especially when it comes to vision. There is a natural desire to look like you are smart and know what you’re doing. But sometimes the smartest thing you can do is to involve your team in creating vision…

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  • Way of Working

    Out of sight, out of mind? 5 Virtual Team Building Activities

    August 18, 2017 / 2 Comments

    65% of remote employees report that they never had a team building session. Having co-workers spread across two or more locations is becoming a model more and more organization will have to adapt to. Stop hesitating, but look for ways to cope with co-located colleagues in a better way. Here are some virtual team building…

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  • Personal Growth

    Doing things that others can’t

    August 15, 2017 / No Comments

    Today I will do what others won’t and tomorrow I can do things that others can’t.

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  • Organization Design

    Communication leads to community

    August 14, 2017 / No Comments

    Communication leads to community, that is, to understanding, intimacy and mutual valuing.

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  • [Article],  Organization Design

    Agile Organizational Transformation – Mind the People

    August 13, 2017 / No Comments
    Agile Organization - Mind the People

    When talking about agile and agility, we should not forget that we are talking a lot about culture, values, and identity. Irrespective if we start an agile transition from top to bottom or from bottom to top, we need to understand that we have to take a lot of people with us. For many it…

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  • Way of Working

    Visualizing Product Development Work

    August 9, 2017 / No Comments

    “Whenever you’re thinking high level, someone will bring you down to earth and ask you to get into the weeds. Whenever you’re in the weeds, someone will complain that you’re not being high level enough. It’s the burden we bear. Just when you think you’ve figured things out, you’ll encounter a person who needs to…

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  • Way of Working

    Measuring Success

    August 9, 2017 / No Comments
    Success

    Success is not measured by points or project management type metrics; it’s measured by ‘is the organization meeting its purpose’ Tom Poppendeick

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  • [Article],  Organization Design

    Teams – the fundament for the agile way

    August 8, 2017 / No Comments
    Teams - the fundament for the agile way

    When we start to become more agile, we start to look at the mindset of people and how they collaborate. We are considering teams to be the fundament for growth and success. Conformity is no objective at all, contribution of individual talents to a group is what we strive for. Where diversity meets collaboration, you…

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