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.
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 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.
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.
50 Quick Ideas To Improve Your Agile Transformation
Inspired by a card deck of tactics on how to do strategy, this post suggests 50 ideas for a strategy deployment deck to be used in an agile transformation.
How to Measure the Predictability of Agile
This post follows up on a Twitter thread I posted in November exploring ways of measuring the predictability of teams. I also discussed some of these ideas in a Drunk Agile episode. When I begin working with an organisation on the agile transformation, an early conversation is around successful outcomes. My work on Strategy Deployment is all about answering the …
Strategy Deployment and Idealised Design
This post introduces Idealised Design, as described in the book Idealized Design: How to Dissolve Tomorrow’s Crisis…Today by Russell L. Ackoff, Jason Magidson and Herber J. Addison, and explores how it relates to Strategy Deployment. The post is a continuation of the series on Strategy Deployment And other approaches. What is Idealised Design? The basic premise of Idealised Design is …