A Terrific Typology of Transformation Tactics
A typology a 6 P’s that can be used to explore possible Lean and Agile transformation tactics; People, Plexuses, Processes, Practices, Products and Platforms.
Agile Advice, Like Youth, Probably Just Wasted On The Young
In 1997, Mary Schmich published a hypothetical graduation speech and encouraged readers to try it themselves. What agile advice might be given in such a speech?
Tensegrity as a Fascinating Metaphor For Strategy Deployment
An introduction to tensegrity and an explanation as to why it might be a relevant and interesting way of thinking about strategy deployment.
Why Strategy Deployment? Here Are Three Great Reasons
This post describes the three reasons why you would want to use Strategy Deployment, and what the challenges are that it addresses.
The Only Useful Icebreaker Activity Anyone May Ever Need
Icebreaker activities may be contrived, awkward, irrelevant. However, a good icebreaker can be useful, and I regularly use the same one in different workshops.
The Best Agile Accounting Approach To CapEx and OpEx
What is the best way of accounting for costs as different types of expenditure for agile development teams? This is the best answer.
How to use Hexis for Powerful Strategy Deployment
A proposal for a Cynefin Company Hexi Method Kit for Strategy Deployment, with an initial idea for what would be on the various Hexis.
Nine Surprising Strategy Deployment Books with Powerful Lessons
This post is a list of recommended books that have influenced my thinking on Strategy Deployment over the years, with links to related posts.
The most important X-Matrix lessons I have learned
A post describing the most important learnings I have had over the many years of using the X-Matrix with Agile Transformation.
Strategy Deployment and Team of Teams
This post is about Strategy Deployment and the book Team of Teams – another great book which has nothing to do with Lean or Agile explicitly but contains some great, relevant stories and lessons.