Systems Thinking in a Bar
People assume that systems exist, but they are nothing more than abstractions in our minds. They exist because we think. What would happe...
Complexity versus Lean versus Agile versus Me
While the experts are battling over each others’ ideas, I remind myself that all models are useful (though some fail faster than others...
The Mojito Method
The Mojito Method is about copying other people's good ideas and mixing them into something that is even more amazing. Many times I h...
The Happiness Door, Another Great Feedback Method
Do you want to collect feedback during your course or conference? Try the happiness door! It works well for me. Sometimes people just wri...
Best and Most Up-to-date Agile/Lean Books
On Twitter I asked my followers “Which books do you think are the best/most up-to-date in terms of Agile/Lean thinking?” I received 2...
Delegate the Course, Trust the Trainers
Management 3.0 applied to courses means I delegate to motivated trainers, and trust them to self-organize. This November month will be ve...
Networked Kanban
I am wondering if maybe some people should try and replace their regular Kanban board with a networked Kanban variant. I love the princip...
My Management 3.0 World Tour
I am trying to plan a world tour covering USA, Canada, Australia, China, India and South America. The last couple of months I’ve been g...
The 3 Criteria for Agile Leadership Practices
What does it mean for a leadership practice to be Agile? FedEx days? Yes. Open Door policy? No. Moving Motivators? Yes. Time clocks? No! ...
Complexity Thinking (presentation)
Here's my latest presentation (that I'm still working on). It is called Complexity Thinking. I did it for the first time this wee...
Change the Environment, Not the People
People's behaviors depend on the environment. If you manipulate the environment, you manipulate behaviors. Agile is all about self-or...
Work the Network
Behaviors spread through a social network like viruses. You must work the network to change a whole organization. An organization is a so...
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