Career The Pandemic Has Exposed the Fallacy of the “Ideal Worker” (via Harvard Business Review) The “ideal worker” comes from the 1960s where a household has a breadwinner/homemaker couple. Having to work from home without schools and childcare available, those…
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An Elegant Puzzle – Part 9
This week we discussed sections 4.8 through 5.2. 4.8 — Setting organizational direction “If you don’t supply [direction] yourself, you’ll start to feel the pull of irrelevance: Maybe no one really cares what we do? What would happen if I…
Professional Development – 2020 – Week 18
Agile If Estimates Were Accurate, We’d Call Them Actuals (via Spikes and Stories) I’m not sure how I feel about this piece. Part of me says his thesis is against estimation because it rarely works. Then he gives a metaphor…
An Elegant Puzzle – Part 8
This week we discussed sections 4.4 through 4.7. 4.4 — Managing in the growth plates Houston thought the analogy of growth plates (where middle doesn’t grow) was interesting. Jameson said that management is not excluded from needing to grow as…
Professional Development – 2020 – Week 17
Agile Role of the C-suite in Agile Transformations (via Leading Agile) Clarify strategy and priorities so empowered teams can deliver Balance reporting relationships with skill-based teams Role-model the mindset and behavior changes needed for an Agile culture The 10 Steps…
An Elegant Puzzle – Part 7
This week we discussed sections 4.1 through 4.3. 4.1 — Work the policy, not the exceptions You reconcile consistency and change by working the policy, not the exceptions. Consistency is important, but if people don’t ask for change, then how…
Professional Development – 2020 – Week 16
Business Preparing Your Business for a Post-Pandemic World (via Harvard Business Review) What position can you attain during and after the pandemic? What is your plan for bouncing back? How will your culture and identity change? What new projects do…
An Elegant Puzzle – Part 6
This week we discussed sections 3.12 through the end of the chapter. 3.12 — Scaling consistency: designing centralized decision-making groups Positive freedom — the freedom to pick things. Negative freedom — freedom from things happening to you. Jameson asked how…
Summary: The Spotify “Model” – Don’t Simply Copy-Paste
Since my career change to a Director of Agile Coaches in early December 2019, I’ve subscribed to Agile podcasts to keep my finger on the pulse of what’s going on in the Agile community. One of my favorites has been…
Professional Development – 2020 – Week 15
Business A More Sustainable Supply Chain (via Harvard Business Review) Supply chains are complex in multi-national corporations (MNCs), and often the lowest tiers have poor social, environmental, or worker safety records. The article offers some best practices companies can adopt…