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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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Combining OKRs and the X-Matrix – The Important Distinction To Know
I blogged about my thoughts on Strategy Deployment and OKRs a few years ago. Since then, OKRs have continued to rise in popularity, and a common question is still about the relationship between OKRs...
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