Clients ·
Siemens
Helping Siemens product groups in Boston move from legacy complexity to cross-functional Scrum teams, real self-organization, and SAFe-backed agility.
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Making sense of agility, scaling, OKRs, product operating models, and leadership — written from 15+ years in the field.
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Helping with Kanban: Lessons from Edgar Schein
Edgar Schein's Helping reframes the coach-client relationship. Applied to Kanban coaching, it clarifies when to push and when to wait.
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Kanban ·
Kanban FAQ: Finish My Work or Ready New Items?
Should you finish what you're working on, or help ready new work items? How the Lean Decision Filter settles the tension between finishing and healthy flow.
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Sensing Manager Engagement During Agile Change
How to sense and increase manager engagement during an agile change — pull-based techniques that keep managers captaining the ship instead of approving it.
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The downsides of agile - guest post by Yaki Koren
A guest post on the real downsides of agile for managers — why people who like control find the move hard, and what it takes to make it work.
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Lean Startup Blues
When Lean Startup hits the reality of large organizations — why validated learning is harder than it sounds and what Kanban thinking adds to the picture.
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