Impact Estimation Tables as a Practical Input to the X-Matrix
Tom Gilb’s Impact Estimation Tables and the X-Matrix have different heritages, yet one can quietly inform the other’s correlations. Here’s how.
The System of Profound Knowledge And Its Four Revealing Lenses
Four lenses — system, variation, knowledge, and psychology. Deming’s System of Profound Knowledge, and how it informs Strategy Deployment.
Revealing The Hidden Team Topologies Sense and Respond Dynamic
How Team Topologies’ sensing and Strategy Deployment’s responding form a hidden dynamic. Two complementary approaches that combine for an adaptive capability.
The Experiment Trap: Why Probes See What Hypotheses Cannot
The trap of defaulting to the experiment is that hypotheses can miss what probes might reveal. A reflection on matching the approach to the context.
The Strange Truth About X-Matrix Correlations, Nicolas Cage & Ice Cream
Nicolas Cage films and ice cream sales reveal something important about X-Matrix correlations and the gap between leading and lagging measures.
How Flight Levels Activities Can Free Teams With Better Constraints
Flight Levels Activities aren’t just things to do. They’re constraints to set well. Explore what too tight and too loose looks like for each one.
Strategic Insouciance: Why Too Much Focus Can Kill Emergence
Too much strategic focus can prevent emergent strategy. Explore the balance between Strategic Focus and Strategic Insouciance, and why it matters.
How Medical SOAP Notes Endorse the Order of the X-Matrix
How a 60-year-old medical note-taking format – SOAP Notes – independently confirms why evidence should come before tactics in Strategy Deployment.
How To Engage People in Strategic Storytelling with an X-Matrix
The primary value in an X-Matrix comes from collaboration. However, there will be a need for communication. One powerful way is through strategic storytelling.
The Continuous Strategy Scrum Guide Expansion Pack is Now Here
The Scrum Guide Expansion Pack was first released in June 2025, and has just been updated with a separate document focused Continuous Strategy for Scrum Teams.