Mastery Moment – Are You Assuming People Are Idiots ?
What we think about people is how we treat them. We tend to come from the belief that every day, the people we meet got up and said, “Today I [...]
Learning Minute : When You Say, “Yes!”, What Are You Saying, “No!” To ?
You have a jar. It is for sweets. You have been told that the jar must always be full – there will be severe consequences if you have an empty [...]
Personal Mastery Moment – Finding Your Courage
Can you describe something that is courageous ? (Ask the team)Listen for a story that describes a courageous act – someone doing something that everyone else was too terrified to [...]
Learning Minute – Things That Block Flow
What are some of the things that we know block flow ? (Ask the team) You may hear some of these options, if not, add them in Not having [...]
Learning Minute – How Leadership Changes in Agile Systems
We spend a lot of time talking about how the processes change when we are in an Agile system, but not a lot of time about how we should change [...]
Personal Mastery – What Are you Adding ?
We all have an impact on the people around us and on the system.Think about someone you enjoy spending time with ? Think about someone you avoid spending time with [...]
Learning Minute – Waste
Waste Stops Flow Imagine you have a pipe and it can deliver a litre of water a minute to a tank. Now, imagine if that pipe gets hole in [...]
From Outcomes to Bets
Often teams find that they are overwhelmed by delivery and work. So where is the time for change and learning ? Never mind the time, where is the desire ? [...]
Learning Minute – Honouring No to Create Agile Culture
One of the more obvious differences between our old waterfall, hierarchical, boss driven cultures and an Agile Culture is how we manage differences. In the old cultures saying ‘No’ was [...]