The Invite
So, you’re booking a meeting. Are you inviting only the key players? Do you know who the key players are? If you don’t, stop here and revisit the intent of…
Read moreLeading Unlikely
Successfully leading your team or family can sometimes feel impossible. But it’s really more unlikely. This is good news. It means you can absolutely be successful, but you will be one…
Read moreBatch Size
Smaller batch sizes allow for innovation, learning, and ultimately, can help you deliver value faster in an uncertain world of creating complicated software. Traditional projects and waterfall methodology have larger…
Read moreFive Whys for a Better Work Calendar Part 2 of 4
Five Whys for a Better Work Calendar Part 2 in a series 4 blogs on improving your work quality of life. Too many meetings? Ready to make a change? This…
Read moreDiscovery is Learning
Discovery work is learning fast. Learning that cool idea your team had really is worth exploring with an experiment. Learning that the other really cool idea should be dropped, quickly.…
Read moreYour Leadership is Critical Now
Why is it first now important for your leader team to lead change? Likely, because your organization has failed to prepare them as leaders in some, or many ways. But…
Read moreVision is King
Organizations with highly motivated and engaged employees know that vision is king. The quick-win, distracting rush of employee survey action plans, and events with catchy names are fun, but they…
Read moreValue & Meetings, part 2
Part 2 of 3 in a blog series on value: An excerpt from Permission to Lead, book2 of The Dominant Gene series. Main character Joel, an IT director at Watzka…
Read moreGreat Leader, Agile Leader
All great leaders are not Agile leaders.* But all Agile leaders are great leaders. *At the highest level, an Agile leader is fearless; not afraid to serve others, to learn…
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