Three Agile Strategies That Will Make A Strong Impact
These three agile strategies address the core challenges that agile is addressing. They are based on the Kanban Thinking Impacts of Flow, Value and Potential.
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.
Kanban Canvas v2.0
I’ve just uploaded a new version of my Kanban Canvas which has some minor updates. These changes more closely reflect how I have been using the canvas, and worked well in my recent training in South Africa. The main difference is in the layout of the Impacts, which are now represented as the corners of a triangle. When identifying impacts, …
Kanban Deployment with the X-Matrix
This is a continuation of my musings on Strategy Deployment, the X-Matrix and Kanban Thinking (including Strategy Deployment as Organisational Improv and How Do I Know If Agile Is Working). I’ve been thinking more about the overlap between Strategy Deployment and Kanban and come to the conclusion that the intersection of the two is what could be called “Kanban Deployment” [1]. Let …
Dates For Your Diary
I’ve just updated my Calendar page with a couple of conferences coming up, as well as a new date for my Kanban Thinking course. LeanUX15, New York, April 15-19 This is going to be a great event, with a fantastic line-up of speakers, covering a wide range of topics. I’m going to be talking about my current ideas on Strategy …
Kanban Thinking Workshop in London
I have another public Kanban Thinking workshop coming up in London (March 5-6), in collaboration with Agil8, and to fill the last few places, I can offer a discount! Book now, using the code KS25 to get 25% off the standard price, and get 2 days of fun, discover how to design a kanban system by populating a kanban canvas, and …
A Kanban Thinking Pixar Pitch
I’ve been using the Pixar Pitch as a fun way for teams to discuss and explore the problem they are trying to solve by telling a story about what has been happening that led to the need for a kanban system. I thought it might be useful to use the formula to tell a dramatised story of what led me …
Strategy Deployment, the X-Matrix and Kanban Thinking
Strategy Deployemnt Kanban Systems are an enabler of evolutionary change. And so is Strategy Deployment. Strategy can be defined as how you will make a positive impact, and this implies change. As the saying goes, “hope is not a strategy”, and neither is doing nothing. Deploying that strategy, as opposed to defining and imposing a tactical plan, enables the evolution …
Heuristics for Becoming a Learning Organisation at Spark the Change
InfoQ have just published the talk I gave at this year’s Spark the Change conference on “Heuristics for Becoming a Learning Organisation“. This was the first time I introduced the Kanban Canvas, and gives some background to the questions it asks. Please follow the link to watch, as I can’t embed it here.
Making System Interventions with Kanban Thinking
This post pulls together a number of ideas on interventions into a single place, and will become the content for a page on Interventions on the Kanban Thinking site. What is an intervention? An intervention is an act of becoming involved in something in order to have an influence on what happens. It is an active and participatory action, as opposed to …