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The Curious Case Of The Einstellung Effect And Agile

I recently came across the Einstellung Effect in a Tim Harford Cautionary Tales podcast episode. The main point of that episode is about AI, and why AI shouldn’t replace human thinking. However, it...

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Introducing The Scaled Agile Model For The SAMe Old Agile

Earlier this year I published a post on LinkedIn which created a lot of engagement. It was meant as a throwaway thought, but it turned into something I decided needs its own blog post for posterity. I...

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Imposing Agile – How To Use These Three Essential Elements

The origins of this post are from a talk I initially put together for a keynote at Lean Agile US in 2019. That talk was called Imposing Agile with Coherence, Constraints and Curiosity. Those three...

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Three Exciting Lean Agile Events You Really Shouldn’t Miss

Over the next couple of months, there are three particular Lean Agile events that I’m involved in which I would love to see people at! They are: Lean Agile Scotland – September 25-27 I’ve been...

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The Exciting Obeya and X-Matrix Integration To Make Strategy Visible

Obeya The Wikipedia definition of Obeya is “a team spirit improvement tool at an administrative level, originating from a long history of learning & improving”. I don’t love that definition, but...

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Why Pragmatic Agile is the Best Agile

The term Pragmatic Agile gets a bad rap. People usually use it to describe “Bad” Agile, with people cutting corners or avoiding difficult change. I’ve always felt that was being unfair. It feels...

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The Brand New X-Matrix and Collaborative Strategy Course

Over the last few months, I’ve enjoyed collaborating with long-time friend and lean guru Jim Benson. In particular, we’ve been creating an online training course for Modus Institute on the X-Matrix...

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How To Start with the X-Matrix as a Curiosity Framework

Earlier this year I recorded a podcast on Strategy Deployment with Mark Richards and Eric Willeke of Shaping Agility. At the very end, Mark asked me how to start with the X-Matrix and my reply seemed...

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Strategy Deployment and Flow Engineering

This latest post on Strategy Deployment and other approaches looks at the book Flow Engineering: From Value Stream Mapping to Effective Action by Steve Pereira and Andrew Davis. It’s a book I’d...

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Master Making Strategy Visible At The Kanban Edge

I’m going to be at the Kanban Edge conference on March 6th at the BCS in London. I’m not speaking, but its a great program including people that have been a huge influence on me such as Jim Benson and...

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