You Create the Future by What You Reinforce Today

Yesterday, I blogged about, Selling Around The Triangle of Satisfaction, and how we tend to focus on competing interest. At the end of the post, I mention how continually working around the triangle as common interest surfaces increases buy-in. We could call it a Strength-Based approach, or we could just call it plain old positive Read More …

Q & A on Project Management #2

In the a blog post early this week, Interview Questions and Answers on Project Management, I listed several questions that I have been asked on project management. I thought I would finish up the week with the rest of questions from the interview. Hope you enjoy! What part of this project most appeals to you? Read More …

Questions & Answers on Project Management

A set of questions I was recently asked that I thought might shed some light on how I think and what I do:  What is your experience in project management, especially for startups?  In some respect, everything is a project. In startups that I have worked we have spent most of our time on finding Read More …

Lean Change Methodology

In the podcast with Jeff Anderson, the catalyst behind the Lean Change Method, we discussed the Lean Change Techniques he has deployed at Deloitte. More information is available about the Lean Change Method at http://agileconsulting.blogspot.com/.  Jeff leads the Deloitte Lean market offering, providing advisory, transformation, and change management services to software technology based organizations, helping Read More …

Lean Change Methodology Transcript

Managing Agile Organizational Transformation: Learn how to manage agile adoption initiatives using the Lean Change method. The Lean Change method extends the Kotter change management lifecycle with high feedback, iterative planning practices based on validated learning and other techniques taken from Lean Startup. Download PDF Transcript Note: This is a transcription of a podcast. It Read More …

Improving Interactions through the Lean Value Chain

Making products fly involves more than just the development team. So how do we involve, interact and improve with the non software parts of the value chain? Let Mattias Skarin walk through lean techniques and thinking that helps drive improvements across organizational borders.  Mattius is one of thought leaders of the Kanban Movement and is Read More …