Real Options – more than deferring commitment
So, you say you have no other option than doing this? Lucky you! I am seriously jealous right now! Having “no other option” means no uncertainty about the future, or that we are so constrained that we have no choices, and no need to worry about making a good choice....
F4P Card – a cure for your survey anxiety
I remember my anxiety. I have finally collected all of the surveys and started to walk through them. 10/10, wow! I am excellent! 9/10, great! 2/10? Why? What did I do wrong this time? Are there any comments? Yes, “I think there should be more information on the...
Hiding in plain sight: the everyday concept that can turbocharge your Kanban
“I really like the way you move these colorful sticky notes through the board but, you know… we have DEADLINES here!” “I would like to start using Kanban, but I was told you can apply it only when you have no deadlines.” “Yeah, yeah… have fun with your board, but we...
Grey squirrel invasion. Lesson 1 in the Kanban Coach’s Evolutionary Change Playbook
Survival of the fittest: incremental social change and the parable of the grey squirrel's arrival in the British Isles We do not know the day when these fluffy aliens arrived in the UK. Wise people tracked them back to the 1870s, but the...
Accountability – the magic ingredient for business agility & resilience
In a low maturity market, a lack of leadership is often cited as the reason behind poor customer service, unpredictable, untrustworthy service delivery, and a lack of speed, agility, and effectiveness. However, what we see is a lack of accountability. Accountability...
Kanban Maturity Model – Start Change With Heart
People who have been involved in organizational change initiatives know that culture is the key factor that determines if the change perdures and thrives or fades gradually. Culture is what people like, value, appreciate, find...
Organizational Culture & the Kanban Maturity Model
We released our Organizational Culture poster as a companion for the Kanban Maturity Model release 1.2. The poster visualizes many of the concepts and guidance in the forthcoming 2nd edition of the book Kanban Maturity Model. Section 2 of the book is called Culture....
Your KMM Posters
Summary of the KMM pillars and the posters that describe each on eof them.
The Value of Trust in Mitigating Highly Unlikely High Impact Events
Trust relationships help mitigate black swan events. Building trust inside your business and across your network of suppliers, distributors and consumers is an investment in the long term survivability of your business. Trust can be traded to reduce the impact of...
What Executive Managers Need to Know About the Kanban Maturity Model and Developing Business Agility
Executive management decisions and leadership determine a company’s purpose, behaviours, relationships, work practices and ability to adapt to changes in their business environment quickly with endurable economic impact. Developing a resilient and robust business with fast changes always happening in the market, technological, and social environment is a challenging goal. Therefore, the usual questions C-level Managers ask are related to what developing business agility implies for senior-level managers and how to define the right approach to it.
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