Previously, I wrote about Joseph Campbell’s Hero’s Journey as a mental model for evolutionary change management. It was perfect for my needs. Now, let me introduce you to the implementation of this mental model as an evolutionary change management tool. I use this storification technique to understand what the organization wants first (needs later) and […]
This article consists of 2 parts on how I apply the concept of Hero’s Journey to Evolutionary Change Management. In this first part, I would like to set the ground by sharing the mental model which helped me communicate better with organizational leaders when managing evolutionary change. Journey to The Unknown is Always Uncomfortable We, […]
This is an updated post/case study on the topic of achieving end-to-end flow with Customer Kanban. Many thanks to Patrick Steyaert for this insightful piece of content. Enjoy! Introduction According to the English dictionary, flow is the action, or fact, of moving along in a steady, continuous stream. In business terms, flow is when value […]
Long gone are the days when Agile was just a nerdy topic among software developers. Having witnessed the methodology’s positive effects on the quality and pace of engineering teams, a growing number of business leaders are also turning their attention to adopting Agile in their organizations. Since it revolutionized the way software products are developed, […]
One of the main concepts in Kanban is that work should be processed in small batches in order to optimize flow and satisfy the end customer through continuous value delivery. However, we have one big challenge. How can we design а well-oiled system, so that teams can release their committed work with greater predictability? To […]
I started my career as an administrative clerk at the major English school in Brazil’s capital city, Brasilia. I had to perform a lot of manual tasks to control financial status for each student monthly. I also helped teachers fill in the student’s scorecards every two months as well as at the end of the […]
As the Agile approach to managing projects is getting more and more popular, there is a growing confusion about the project manager’s role. What happens to it? With Agile heavily preaching shared leadership and responsibility, is the project manager in such an environment doomed? Not at all. However, the PMs responsibilities change. Let’s find out […]
The culture of the company is the personality of your organization. It defines how people will interact and communicate with each other and how work will get done. That is why it can support the performance of the company, but it can also harm it. Make no mistake, every organization develops a culture, regardless if […]
Introducing Kanban into your team or organization does not merely transform the way you manage work. It also impacts how you, collectively as a team, look at work. The big leap forward happens when team members start to think of their work as a system, instead of seeing it as a group of individual tasks. […]
Agile mindset is one of the many terms in the Agile world that a lot of us probably understand differently. Despite the various interpretations, there is a consensus that an agile mindset embraces iteration, collaboration, proactiveness, and change. It prioritizes customer value and favors constant learning through experiments. By definition, a mindset is “a person’s […]