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...
View ArticleIntroducing 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...
View ArticleImposing 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...
View ArticleThree 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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleWhy 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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleHow 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...
View ArticleStrategy 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...
View ArticleMaster 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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