"Bullshipped"
This disturbing phenomenon is growing in popularity.
It's time we talk about it.
Delivering software without bothering about
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"Our strategy is great. The problem is execution." 🚩 👎
"Our strategy is great. The problem is execution." 🚩
The old lie.
Despite the many problems with this, I
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Five years ago, I began working for myself
"It's impossible to enjoy my work regularly." <– What I used to think.
I saw work
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The fastest ways to stall decision-making.
You've seen this pattern:
"I want this project. It's important for... reasons."
"OK,
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We rarely put human experience at the center.
Why do we so rarely put human experience at the center?
Toby's point is solid 🎯.
More importantly, ignoring
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Confidence or Competence
Those desperate to be in Leadership usually want it for the wrong reasons.
The worst candidates see it as something
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Do we need more ideas or less?
You know the frustration group decisions derailed by a last-minute suggestion? 🤔
Either this sparks a renewed debate about all the
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Your ideas are not your Identity
Life hack for conscious leadership:
Realizing that when people express a different opinion, you don't have to adopt
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Ignoring the elephants in the room
Your company can never be better than the ingredients it's made from.
I'm constantly hearing how
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How much sharpening the axe is enough? 🪓
This is a common question between Tech and Product Leaders.
While talking with James Trunk he shared this metaphor:
"
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Corporate Indigestion
I once sat in a meeting room for 2 hours.
Listening to execs discuss their ideal strategies and plans for
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Onion Metrics
Start by asking: what would we do differently if this metric changed by 30%?Until you have a good answer,
Read books that explore your blind spots
It's 2023, and I still see 19+ old white men, on recommended reading lists.
No wonder most leadership
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Giving bad news in Corporate is nearly impossible.
Giving bad news in Corporate is nearly impossible.
So, instead, it gets delivered in small bites. 🍔
When it’s impossible
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OKRs are NOT Pokémon
You don’t “gotta catch ’em all”. 🎮
It’s the same pattern every quarter:
17 new OKRs per tribe.
The
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12 questions that test for the presence of healthy culture:
(Useful to review your company or during an interview)
Leadership Values
- How are leaders promoted here?
- How do
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10 uncomfortable truths every Agilist needs to hear
1️⃣ You can't preach focus while having a calendar that blocks every pixel of daylight.
You're
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Reorganizing is the most expensive way to solve almost any problem
Reorganizing is the most expensive way to solve almost any problem.
Switching one person in the hierarchy for another does
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Stop trying to move so fast; you’re breaking things.
I’m tired of our overemphasis on speed!
Everyone out here trying to go fast, so few actually being effective.
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Business Cases: where innovation goes to die.
Business Cases are where innovation goes to die.
When last did you cancel a project after writing the Business Case?
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"How can I help my team cut through the noise and find focus?"
Hej Cliff - Episode 3
Oana asks the question: "I am working with a team, who gets constantly bombed
"What are the 3 most impactful Agile changes you have seen at C-Level?"
Hej Cliff - Episode 2
Henrik asks the question: "What are the 3 most impactful Agile changes you have
It's not a "management" problem
I keep hearing of the widespread "problems with management" from inside agilist communities.
From Twitter and meet-ups to
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Don't read more books about agile
Controversially, I don't think you should read more books about Agile.
The obstacles our organizations face are rarely
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