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Adaptation & Improvement (18)

The Ultimate List of 13 Global Workplace Trends

I spent many hours finding the newest workplace trends. I came across some in-depth reports from various professional sources, based on g...

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No Bureaucracy

The #NoBureaucracy Discount

On just a single day, I had to deal with various activities that I can only describe as bureaucracy.

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PDCA vs. PDSA vs. OODA vs. BML vs. PSR vs. YMCA

In my little book How to Change the World I use the PDCA model to describe the fact that it is useful to have an iterative approach to ch...

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Agile Application Lifecycle Management (ALM)

How to use complexity thinking to combine Agile software development with Application Lifecycle Management (ALM). This is a new presentat...

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Iterate Your Flawed Models

I recently came across the Top 15 Worst Logo FAILS ever. It lists a number of logo designs that, in all their innocence, invite all kinds...

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This Software Method Doesn’t Work Here

I’ve never heard a good cook say, “this recipe doesn’t work here.” What if a cook follows a recipe to the letter, and it turns ou...

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The Schizophrenia of Scrum

I sometimes get the feeling that there are two versions of Scrum. The first version is the one that says that “Scrum is not a methodolo...

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Understanding Before Tailoring (guest post)

This is a guest post by Scott Duncan. Scott is a Certified Scrum Practitioner who has been involved in all facets of internal and externa...

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Copy-Paste Reasoning (or Adapt, Skip Adopt)

I have a bit of trouble with people adopting other people's opinions and arguments without adapting them where needed. Some people�...

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Follow Your Mind, Not Your Rules

This article was a guest post on Raven’s Brain. I am publishing a copy here for completeness. Last week I drove all the way from Th...

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Scope, Resources and Processes: Change Everything!

As an agile writer, I like to write articles in multiple iterations. Feedback from readers is essential to me. There’s no such thin...

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