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Tensegrity as a Fascinating Metaphor For Strategy Deployment
Tensegrity model I recently came across the concept of Tensegrity. I alluded to this in my last post on Why Strategy Deployment when I referred to elasticity. In this post, I want to expand on that...
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A Terrific Typology of Transformation Tactics
Desperate Tactics When I posted the Ultimate X-Matrix for your Agile Transformation, it was only an example because strategy is always contextual. The whole point of Strategy Deployment is that there...
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Two Triads for the Terrific Typology of Transformation Tactics
Triads I’ve joined an online training with Dave Snowden yesterday about his latest thinking on Estuarine Mapping. That is one of the ideas which inspired my last post on a Terrific Typology of...
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Strategy Deployment and Estuarine Mapping
Wyre Estuary This is in part a follow-up to the two recent posts on a typology of tactics and the associated triads. I was initially inspired to write those posts while attending a series of training...
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How to Distinguish Between Strategies and Tactics
A regular discussion topic when working on Strategy Deployment with the X-Matrix and TASTE is the difference between strategies and tactics. It’s not unusual for items to bounce between the two as...
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Abstracting Aspirations with a Value Framework
In previous posts, I have described a high-level way of thinking about Agile Tactics for the TASTE model and the X-Matrix. This post follows them by introducing a generic way of thinking about...
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Three Agile Strategies That Will Make A Strong Impact
Impact by Walter-Wilhelm Much of my recent writing about Strategy Deployment has been driven by the idea that Agility is a strategy while Agile is a Tactic. However, Agility is a very broad topic, and...
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The Sankey Diagram As A Simple Addition To The X-Matrix
The Sankey Diagram can be a simple but powerful technique which can complement, and possibly enhance the X-Matrix. This post will show how. What is a Sankey Diagram? A Sankey Diagram is a...
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The Evidence To Look For In A Successful Agile Transformation
I have recently been exploring in more detail how the X-Matrix might be used for an Agile Transformation. So far I have covered Aspirations, Strategies and Tactics. Following on from those, I will...
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Strategy Deployment and Flight Levels
This is another post in the series that compares Strategy Deployment and other approaches. This one is about Flight Levels. What are Flight Levels? Klaus Leopold created Flight Levels as a way of...
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Yes, You Can Measure Software Development Productivity
This post is (yet another) response to the McKinsey article “Yes, you can measure software developer productivity” Eagle-eyed readers might notice that while the title of his post is very similar to...
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Nostalgia, Nirvana and Now Narratives for Navigating Change
Nostalgia Narratives Nostalgia Narratives are stories about how things were better in the past. In doing so, they suggest that we should go back to the good old days. Jason Feifer wrote an article...
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Teaming the Push and Pull of People and Projects
The Agile movement popularised a shift to teams which could pull their work, rather than having work pushed onto them. Practices such as Sprint Planning, or WIP Limits enable this. However, I’ve...
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A Simple Resolution to the Agile Transformation Conundrum
I have been chatting with colleagues recently about our recent shift from offering Agile Transformation services to Strategic Agility services. Many years ago I posted about the Agile Transformation...
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Strategy Deployment, Foxes and Hedgehogs
I recently came across the idea of foxes and hedgehogs in a Cautionary Tales podcast episode. It has inspired this post in my occasional series on Strategy Deployment and other ideas. Isaiah Berlin...
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Strategy Deployment and Developer Experience
In a 2021 paper, Michaela Greiler, Margaret-Anne Storey and Abi Noda defined Developer Experience as “how developers think about, feel about, and value their work“. Subsequently in 2023, along with...
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An Arbitrary Review and Reflection on 2023 Blogging
Photo by Robb Banks I’m not a big fan of New Year’s Resolutions. Mostly because they assume a degree of certainty and predictability about the future that rarely plays out. But also, it seems like an...
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The Remarkable Need for Decision-Making Capacity
Mike Burrows recently published a blog post From Flow to Business Agility where he introduced the idea of “increasing decision-making capacity“. This was in part a reaction to my earlier post on...
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Three Quick Tips for Better X-Matrix Communication
Reading enlightens – Art seen at Guruke in Córdoba, Spain. One of the challenges of the X-Matrix is that it can be initially confusing for people. Their eyes can glaze over when it is presented on its...
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The Revolutionary Six Strategy Deployment Steps to Effective Change
I’ve been working my way through Strategy Safari by Henry Mintzberg, Bruce Ahlstrand and Joseph Lampel. My initial curiosity was around how they describe Emergent Strategy, as pictured to the right,...
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