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Unlocking Measurability
About 85% of the matter in the Universe is unseen matter. We can only observe it by its gravitational influence. What is the % of unseen...


Slow down in order to ”speed up”: Pay continuous attention to Technical Excellence
In 1938 Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer, a curator at the East London museum in South Africa, received a phone call from the local docks. A...


Antipattern 1.1: Doing an Agile Transformation
I’ve met with many organizations and leadership teams that want to undertake an “Agile Transformation.” The process usually begins in the...


What is Cynefin?
Approaching Work Based on the Domain of Work As we’ve seen, product development, unique change, is emergent, not deterministic. The work...


Want to scale agile? Don’t. Descale the work first. Achieve big through small.
This is the second post in a series, sharing a number of observed anti-patterns and corresponding patterns on the topic of business...


Organisational agility: Give people a VOICE
“You are special, you are a beautiful and unique snowflake” You are, your team is and so are the complex adaptive systems that you are...


Agility: Build the right thing
From discrete Output to continuous Outcomes Milestones mark miles. They are made of stone. They are hard to move and are no longer valid...


Focus: is it a Unicorn?
Co-author: Tony Caink Focus is hard enough as an individual, even harder in a team of brilliant minds. Why is it so hard? Based on the...
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