All of the steps taken when tracking issues come from a genuine desire to try to meet that impossible deadline. The problem is that this “lock-down-and-report-out” approach will ultimately hinder the team’s ability to deliver and management’s ability to focus on what’s truly important. Tracking the goals they are trying to achieve, rather than the specific, ever-changing issues that are blocking those goals, will give management much more clarity around the current status of the projectand, most importantly, what that status means for the enterprise.

In our new 6-part series for 2022 we tackle #AgileWaysOfWorking with #OpenSpace, #LiftOff, #Teams, and more. The fifth episode is about the value of scrum training which focuses on more than the certification exam that is optional.

In our new 6-part series for 2022 we tackle #AgileWaysOfWorking with #OpenSpace, #LiftOff, #Teams, and more. The fourth episode builds on the Liftoff and onto how to set up your team for success.

Coaching, as a toolset or discipline, provides a different way to frame the conversations we have. It is one that demands our acceptance that the other person in the conversation is the only thing that matters. It requires that we set aside our own notions of what the problem might be and how to fix it, an action in itself that can be quite challenging for a race of problem-solving primates.

In our new 6-part series for 2022 we tackle #AgileWaysOfWorking with #OpenSpace, #LiftOff, #Teams, and more. The third episode walks viewers through how to get an Agile product or program started with Liftoff for Teams.

In our new 6-part series for 2022 we tackle #AgileWaysOfWorking with #OpenSpace, #LiftOff, #Teams, and more. The second episode provides benefits of using an Open Space and the mindset required to make it work.

My reflections with my children led to thinking about agile ways of working and ultimately to Open Space Technology or simply Open Space. The flexibility but power of an Open Space is the future of solving complex problems with the right people at the right time in the conversation. We look forward to many more in the future.

In our new 6-part series for 2022 we tackle #AgileWaysOfWorking with #OpenSpace, #LiftOff, #Teams, and more. The first episode is a discussion about what Open Space is and how it can be used to create innovation.

The holiday season is upon us. It can be a time of great stress and busyness, but you always have the power to choose. You have a choice to be mindful in everything you do, from each gift you wrap and card you write, to every face and movement you notice as if for the first time. Make some minutes more mindful, or some people, or some tasks. The more you practice, the easier it becomes. Engage with the life you have right here and now, rather than what has been or may yet be.

Things have to change. Sustainability is not just about the climate. It is about resources, and money, and not squandering opportunity to create, not just a healthy environment but a strong culture that can sustain the people we have today and the future. How do we do that when governments run so inefficiently and with so many delays. What has to change? And how?