Team Engagement in a Complex World

I just recently read the book Team of Teams: New Rules of Engagement for a Complex World by General Stanley McChrystal that described the transition of the command and control style of management to the more adaptive approach that I have found successful in working with teams. Though I read the Kindle version,  the book Read More …

Are You Minimally Viable Agile?

I have to ask you about a topic you’ve been working on. It’s an MVP type thing, but it’s called a Minimally Viable Agile. I guess that would be MVA. What is that about? This is an excerpt from Next Weeks Podcast Troy Tuttle: I’m working on this to do some talks on MVA, Minimally Read More …

How has Lean Startup changed Agile Thinking?

How has Lean Startup principles change your thinking about the basic Agile principles or are they one and the same? -jd Jeff Gothelf: Usually we’re treading into a conversation where I haven’t seen enough public discourse on it yet. The conversation is why are people hiring Agile today, versus why people hired Agile 10 years Read More …

Creating Process Excellence in Government

 When we talk about Lean and Six Sigma, it takes a certain amount of expertise to implement it. How do you visualize taking Lean and/or Six Sigma through the government? I mean, it’s in pockets right now, but do you just grow from them pockets? Or how do you visualize that getting expanded in government? Read More …

Starting a Collaborative In Any Field

  If someone was looking at starting a collaborative in any field, Healthcare, Manufacturing, could  you give them a little of advice on where they might go or how they would start. -jd Dean Bliss:      I wasn’t part of the beginning of the Iowa Healthcare Collaborative, so I can talk about the Lean Consortium a Read More …

What is Peter Drucker’s Legacy?

The Business Development Director of the Drucker Institute, Peter Gondolfo, joins me next week on the podcast to discuss Peter Drucker and the future of the institute. I think you will be quite surprised at how Peter Drucker’s Legacy is evolving. An excerpt from the podcast: To give you a little bit of background about Read More …