Francie Van Wirkus

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“We have so much to get done.”

By francievw April 18, 2018 Blog, Tumblr
“We have so much to get done.”

“We have so much to get done.” Stop. Your goal is to build less software, not more. Minimize the software you make, and maximize its impact.  

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Let’s Get that Score Up!

By francievw April 16, 2018 Blog, Tumblr
Let’s Get that Score Up!

Your organization won’t change because a leader announces that it needs to happen. Well, the metric or score can improve, but the organization won’t. Leaders can support and encourage change.…

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What are you Asking?

By francievw March 26, 2018 Blog, Tumblr
What are you Asking?

Leaders who have never been asked to coach employees in the past usually can’t simply start doing it because you asked them to. And, why do your employees need coaching?…

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A Word About Productivity

By francievw March 23, 2018 Blog, Tumblr
A Word About Productivity

The goal of leading change is not to restore people to their productivity before the change. Leading change is about helping people understand change, and how they connect to it.…

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Simple is not Dumb

By francievw February 26, 2018 Uncategorized
Simple is not Dumb

Complicating things by swirling concepts into PowerPoint slides (an agile leader I know calls them slide-uments) and pages of explanation may feel validating, but they are not helping your cause.…

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Better, not Absolute

By francievw February 21, 2018 Blog, Tumblr

If you and your teams find yourselves talking about, coaching, or leading methodologies in absolutes, you are missing the point of them. Agile is a better way for software development…

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Neutral is Negative

By francievw February 19, 2018 Blog, Tumblr
Neutral is Negative

Organizational health needs your honesty, and your contributions. It’s not what were used to, and it doesn’t feel safe.  It’s our career on the line, after all. So the easiest…

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Get it Done!

By francievw February 14, 2018 Blog, Tumblr
Get it Done!

Now that we are well into February…how are you doing on your goals for the year? Are you making progress, or are you stuck on one thing? Or, in the…

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Managerial Courage

By francievw February 12, 2018 Blog, Tumblr
Managerial Courage

The usual benefits of visual management are well known: See the big picture, structure your activities, watch and improve performance, and engage everyone. There is an outcome from these benefits…

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(Finally) Done!

By francievw February 5, 2018 Blog, Tumblr
(Finally) Done!

When that long-standing, problematic, work item is finally moved to done, it might feel good. Yet without the mindset to ask…why did this one take so long to flow through?…

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