Yet Another New Practice: Time Grids
I work too much and I achieve too little. That was the result of a personal reflection session I did this summer while on vacation in Tus...
The Failure Shirt: Agile Diplomats at the EU
“We made a mistake. They are going to hate me tomorrow,” he said. Imagine a room with 28 EU diplomats, twice that many specia...
Top 200 Management & Leadership Authors (Maybe Not Experts)
Several weeks ago, I wanted to know who are the most interesting management & leadership writers (worldwide, in the English language...
Interview with Esko Kilpi
As part of my global book tour I hope to have fascinating conversations with management & leadership experts around the world. One o...
Why Managers Are Smarter, and Management Isn’t
I got involved in an interesting email discussion about the question whether the work of managers requires smarter people. This is what s...
The Champfrogs Checklist: Relatedness
Use the principle of social proof to get people to adopt ideas, by tapping into their desire for relatedness.
Lean Change Management (15 Minutes on Air)
Jason Little’s book Lean Change Management is the first to be published by Happy Melly Express.
8 Reasons NOT to do an Agile Management Course
You are already running a perfect business. Why should you need an Agile Management course? So, you do software development “the Agile ...
What Is Agile Management?
I had to (re)organize some materials this week about my views on Agile Management, because some companies are inviting me to do talks abo...
Agile Management Course – 2nd Iteration DONE
The Agile Management Course I am developing is steadily taking form, and its exercises are shaping up nicely. Last week I organized a one...
Manage Yourself with Measures
In 2007 I read 31 novels. In 2008 I read 19 novels. In 2009 I read 12 novels. In 2010 I read 8 novels. Do you know how I know? It’s bec...
There Is No Objective Management
The position of the manager is subjective and context-dependent. He is either inside the system, or outside in the environment, but he is...
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