Nostalgia, Nirvana and Now Narratives for Navigating Change
“Nostalgia Narratives” bemoan lost golden ages, “Nirvana Narratives” idealize unattainable futures, while “Now Narratives” focus on improving the present.
Strategy Deployment and Flight Levels
Flight Levels is a way of enabling business agility by connecting team agility to strategy. As such it is a perfect fit for Strategy Deployment.
The Evidence To Look For In A Successful Agile Transformation
These six dimensions describe evidence to look for as part of an Agile Transformation, building on the work of Larry Macheronne and Troy Magennis.
The Sankey Diagram As A Simple Addition To The X-Matrix
The Sankey Diagram can be a simple but powerful technique which can complement, and possibly enhance the X-Matrix. This post will show how.
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.
Abstracting Aspirations with a Value Framework
I have previously described a high-level way of thinking about Tactics for an X-Matrix. This post introduces a generic way of thinking about Aspirations.
How to Distinguish Between Strategies and Tactics
A regular discussion topic related to Strategy Deployment is the difference between strategies and tactics. This post explores ways to distinguish the two.
Strategy Deployment and Estuarine Mapping
A high level introduction to Estuarine Mapping, with an overview of how the process can be used alongside a Strategy Deployment approach.
Two Triads for the Terrific Typology of Transformation Tactics
An alternative pattern for visualising the typology of transformation tactics using triads, inspired by the triads used for Estuarine Mapping.
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.