Agile

Adapt or die.  We’ve all heard that ultimatum before.  When the challenges that drive the need to adaptive are huge, systemic, pervasive, and quietly slow moving, such as an entire industry that [...]

I’ve been thinking and writing about the Pervasive Leadership (PL) model for several years now.  It is one of the leadership models that can be useful in fostering organizational agility.  I’ve [...]

As I discussed in my last post, most people in organizational life these days find they live in a volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous (VUCA) world.  This inspires people in both public [...]

On my desk today is a white paper from an internationally recognized coach and author for whom I have developed great respect.  I’m taking a class from her as part of my quest to understand the [...]

A couple of months ago I was introduced to the notion of radical inclusivity by a colleague who was very concerned about diversity and inclusion.  When I asked for more explanation of what [...]

In June I previewed here that I was working on a forthcoming article on technical practices and consciousness.  It’s live now on InfoQ, and you can access it here:  [...]

I was attracted to the Agile movement through my interest not only in software but in conflict and collaboration.  I’ve had many fascinating experiences and met lots of smart, eccentric, warm, [...]

I’m sitting in a hotel room at the close of a conference where, for the last three days, the phrases “my team” and “your team” have come up repeatedly from speakers who are talking to roomsful of [...]

All kinds of amazing things seem to drop into my email inbox. Lately, there’s been a flood of collaboration topics. One that left me with a bit of a sardonic smile stated boldly that agile’s [...]

It’s been somewhat silent on my blog this last months while I work on other writing projects.  One project that may interest the readers of this blog was published today on InfoQ, a go-to [...]