The Human Context Switch
Context switching is different than not being able to keep up with rapid change. It is: Trying to do more than one task at a time. Interruptions, so that one…
Read moreYour Team has Capacity Issues? Great Questions for Leaders
What are your personal reflections on how this is happening on your teams? What behaviors might I be doing, or words I am saying that might contribute to this? How…
Read moreHow Long to Love an Idea?
So you are limiting the ideas you develop, and you are doing discovery work, learning fast. How fast is fast enough? Deciding that is undulating discovery work, with your team…
Read more“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.
Read morePile it On
It’s tempting to pile responsibility on top of agile and scaled agile roles. After all, you have some of your best and most productive people in these roles, and there…
Read moreReady (enough) for a Coach?
Ready enough, because perfectly ready doesn’t exist. Maybe you are ready (enough), maybe not. So many times, coaches are hired before leaders and teams are ready for them. Honest personality…
Read moreLeader Dojo
A better leader in four days? Yes! But… can you and your team break away for four whole days for a leader dojo? If you are too busy to become a…
Read moreThat Moment
Racing Ironman Triathlon has its share of challenges. The greatest ones are those I call Ironman Moments. When it’s incredibly difficult to continue on even one step more. When there are…
Read moreCoach’s Notes: What vs. How II
Excerpt from Permission to Lead, book 2 of The Dominant Gene series. Part two in a two-part series. “Leaders have the what. The ask. What is the goal, what needs…
Read moreCoach’s Notes: What Vs. How I
Excerpt from Permission to Lead, book 2 of The Dominant Gene series, a business novel about leadership. Part one in a two-part series. “Ha,” Eve swirls her matcha, “so, what…
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