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  • [Article],  Trends & Predictions

    The Year they kill Agile

    December 26, 2018 / No Comments
    Title Photo: The Year they kill Agile

    In 2018 even the last companies tried to jump onto the Agile transformation train. Agile and Digitalization is dominating new titles and people with Agile in their mind became the new heroes. And Agile transformation programs have gained a tremendous momentum and size. At the end of 2019 none of these companies will want to…

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  • Leadership Skills

    The primary role of an Agile leader

    March 4, 2018 / No Comments
    Woman in crowd holding shiled "We are better than this"

    Autonomy, self-direction, self-management, self-organization are great goals. But you can’t force people into that either.
    Therefore, the primarily role of an Agile leader in an Agile organization is to empathize with what people need in the current context and help them grow.

    Mike Beedle

    Wise words about leadership by Mike Beedle.

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  • Way of Working

    Stopping the Enterprise Death Spiral with Mob Programming

    December 23, 2017 / No Comments

    “Let’s say you are at a company with 10 people; price’s law states that approximately 3 people will be responsible for half of the productivity of value. Scale that out to 100 and now it’s 10 people who are responsible for half the productivity of value. Now scale that to 10,000 and you have 100…

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  • Way of Working

    Experiment Together. Improve Together. Win Together

    November 29, 2017 / No Comments

    “An organization that establishes safety as a prerequisite and experiments together, will improve together, and win together.”

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  • Leadership Skills

    6 Ways to Motivate Individuals to Become a Winning Team

    November 20, 2017 / No Comments

    “Intrinsic motivation is essential for high-performing teams. Those leaders who understand the difference between internal and external motivators and know how to harness them will have the edge on their competition, on the field or in the marketplace.” “Praise the effort, not the outcome.”

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  • Way of Working

    Do you know what Scrum Masters do or don’t?

    October 19, 2017 / No Comments
    Scrum Masters do and don't

    (Missunderstood) Stances of a Scrum Master

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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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  • [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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  • Leadership Skills

    Meetings with great Attendance

    July 14, 2017 / No Comments

    “… meetings aren’t just about delivering results. There’s another outcome that leaders should be paying more attention to: creating a quality experience for each participant.”

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  • Personal Growth

    5 Surprising Things I’ve Learned About Teaching

    June 25, 2017 / No Comments

    If only one of the following headlines is drawing your attention, you should check out the full article. 1. We learn with our hands not with our ears. 2. Draw Everything. 3. Courses are not long workshops. 4. Everybody learns from everybody. 5. Your number one job is believing in them.

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  • Leadership Skills

    John Kotter on why directors should embrace volatility

    June 15, 2017 / No Comments

    “The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers… They change things. They push the human race forward.” “The world has seen enough appointed committees. Then there’s bureaucracy, rigid accountability, metrics that measure certain things that are relevant right now but discourage people from trying new things.” ~ John P. Kotter

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  • Leadership Skills

    How to Tell Leaders They’re not as Great as They Think They Are

    May 28, 2017 / No Comments

    There are really only two advantages to thinking that you’re better than you actually are. The first is when you’re attempting to do a difficult task. Believing that you can do something difficult is half the battle, but if you truly overrate your abilities, then by definition you will fail. The second is fooling others into thinking that…

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  • Leadership Skills

    The Future Of Leadership In The Workplace

    May 26, 2017 / No Comments

    When it comes to the future of the workplace, the only safe prediction is to say that it will be different from today—more different than most of us can imagine.

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  • Organization Design

    Based on statements by Bodo Janssen, managing director of Upstalsboom.

    April 22, 2017 / No Comments

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