Oct 4No More Bad MeetingsStuck in meeting overload hell? Extricate yourself and your teams by learning to eliminate bad meetings with these helpful ideas. Free your people to spend their hours making an impact as often as is possible by reducing meetings. Those 1-hour meetings with 9 people? …Meetings2 min readMeetings2 min read
Oct 4Don’t Fall for ‘Top Down’ or ‘Bottom Up’Should fulfilling the vision and mission of your organization be top-down or bottom-up? It’s both, but perhaps not in the way we’ve been taught to think about it (hierarchically, like a pyramid). What if it’s an infinite loop and not a pyramid? In the image below, tell me: where’s the…Change Management2 min readChange Management2 min read
Oct 4Stop the stupid of being ‘busy.’ Create and deliver value instead.Stop the stupid of being busy to deliver stuff. Instead, create and deliver value for others. Don’t focus exclusively on outputs as a barometer for success; focus on the outcomes of doing work as the true litmus test for actual productivity. In business, those are the two ways you can…Vuca2 min readVuca2 min read
Oct 4Technology is the Conduit for ConnectionTechnology is not a connector of people, it is merely a conduit for connection. People are the connectors because, without the intentionality to connect, no amount of technology can create personal action. In HR, technology can be a conduit for finding candidates for roles, but people are the connectors who…HR2 min readHR2 min read
Oct 4In business, “growth” is not always good because cancerous things grow, too.What if “revenue growth” is the result of laying off staff? Cancer grows too and that’s not healthy growth, either. The issue with ‘growth at all costs’ is that it’s often a high price to pay for a low-value result. If what your organization does is create and deliver value…Growth Mindset2 min readGrowth Mindset2 min read
Oct 4Employees, Corporate Cultures, and Gilded Cages“A beast in a gilded cage is all some people ever want to be.” — Sting, singer/songwriter Organizations are comprised of people, a corporate culture with governance, and gilded cages for the perception of control or comfort. In deeply dysfunctional organizations, the gilded cages are framed as comfort and security…2 min read2 min read
Oct 4Business Agility with the Heart of AgileNo matter the business you’re in or the clients you serve, there is a place for actual business agility by thinking about that image above and seeing it as a never-ending cycle: Truly collaborate. Deliver value. Reflect frequently. Continuously improve. Repeat: Forever. Truly collaborate: Real, true collaboration cannot happen until…Agile2 min readAgile2 min read
Oct 4Business Outcomes through Clarity with AlignmentClarity of purpose. Alignment of prioritized focus. In a nutshell, those two aspects are infrequently together for most of the teams in organizations. One or the other? Maybe. Both? Sadly, not often enough. Clarity of outcomes is the foundation of — and leads to — alignment of effort and coordination…Clarity1 min readClarity1 min read
Oct 4Rethinking Retrospectives: Focus on the Team Culture over the Work ReflectionsWhile reflecting together is widely understood to be a helpful way to understand more than the progress made by a team or group, perhaps no single element of Agile has been as crucial as the Retrospective. And while lots of variations on Retrospectives abound, the two ladies who came up…Retrospectives2 min readRetrospectives2 min read
Aug 16, 2022Agile Marketing — Iterating on a PlanPlanning in Agile Marketing is like taking a trip using Google Maps. We know the destination and when we’d like to arrive, but how we get there efficiently and safely is influenced greatly by the dynamics of driving with a digital guide. Instead of following a planned route on a…3 min read3 min read
