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    Diversity of Minds – Knowing Better

    July 8, 2019 / No Comments
    Diversity Minds - Knowing Better

    We do not know better.
    We know differently.
    Sometimes we know more
    and sometimes we know less.
    But, we never know all.

    Inherently we know, we need each other.
    Sometimes we just forget about it.
    We do not know better.

    Harald Dietrich

    Effective collaboration asks for balanced contribution of everyone. Also, it requires a high degree of acceptance, that we do not know things better than others. The things we know are based on our own experiences and our own way of thinking. But, there is a limit to our experiences, which never allows a diversity of…

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  • Way of Working

    Working Agile is no decision. It is a consequence.

    July 7, 2019 / No Comments
    Working Agile is no decision. It is a consequence.

    Working Agile is no decision. It is a consequence.

    Harald Dietrich

    Agile Frameworks are not made for taking decisions. They are made to provide guidance, how to cope adequately with consequences. Decisions have to be in place upfront. Agile Frameworks deliver procedures, roles, rituals, formats, principles, and tools. They do not improve quality, speed, satisfaction, collaboration, flexibility, risk management, and alignment by itself. This is a…

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  • Organization Design

    Learning Organizations look at themselves rather than “something out there”

    June 4, 2018 / No Comments
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    At the heart of a learning organization is a shift of mind – from seeing ourselves as separate from the world to connected to the world, from seeing problems as caused by someone or something “out there” to seeing how our own actions create the problems we experience.

    Peter M. Senge

    Cite from the book The Fifth Discipline by Peter M. Senge.

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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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  • Social Behavior

    A typical Communication Issue

    February 20, 2018 / No Comments
    Quote Background

    The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place

    Bernard Shaw

    Knowing is not telling. Major communication issue in our day to day interactions is the things "we" already know. Either it makes us bad listeners or it we simply assume, we have shared our knowledge with others already. Especially the assumption, that we have told others about what we have on our mind, is a…

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  • Organization Design

    The four big Hs of an organization

    December 28, 2017 / No Comments
    Quote Background

    Every employee must be honest
    Every leader must be humble
    Every attitude must be human
    And the organization will be healthy

    Harald Dietrich

    Many people are talking about agile today. Decreasing costs, increasing speed and quality, and the urge to empower employees to contribute their full work force to the growth and success of an organization. Even though there is a great side effect of agile.

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  • Social Behavior

    You’re responsible for your rose

    November 19, 2017 / No Comments

    The fox in "The Little Prince" by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry points at the responsibility we take for each other

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  • Social Behavior

    Trust is like a paper

    October 1, 2017 / No Comments

    Trust is like a paper – once it is crumbled it can’t be perfect again.

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  • Way of Working

    There is no certification for Agile

    September 16, 2017 / No Comments

    There is no certification for #agile, like there is no certification for #democracy. — Harald Dietrich (@haralddietrich) September 16, 2017

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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Personal Growth

    There is no finish line in life

    June 27, 2017 / No Comments

    There is no finish line in (working) life, so love the journey.

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  • Leadership Skills

    Let us begin

    June 8, 2017 / No Comments

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