Category Archives: Organizational Transformation

Agile within a non-agile ecosystem

Posted on January 31, 2011 by Adrian

Agile, like Texas Hold ‘Em poker, is pretty simple. The agile manifesto is straightforward. Some agile practices are more difficult than others. Stand-ups are probably the simplest agile technique (though it confounds me how difficult it is sometimes to get … Continue reading →

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Politics at work

Posted on December 9, 2009 by Adrian

I just read The Five Dysfunctions of a Team on the plane this week. I saw an interesting interpretation of the term “politics” which intrigues me: “Politics is when people choose their words and actions based on how they want … Continue reading →

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Squirrel Agile

Posted on November 21, 2009 by Adrian

A client shared this term a few weeks ago that I really liked: Squirrel Agile. Thanks Steve. I’m sure you’ve seen a squirrel trying to cross a street. The squirrel starts off on one side of the street, looks, darts … Continue reading →

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