with Gabrielle Benefield Let’s take on the challenge of how to build outcome driven organisations to create innovative products, allow people the time and space to be creative, and how to apply pragmatic innovation at scale.
The Innovation Imperative Read More »
with Artem Bykovets and Andrii Glushchenko Organisational Culture and Values have been an important topic throughout the last several years. While at some organisations it is getting more and more recognition, at many organisations it is still met with scepticism and a lot of jokes about. It is considered “soft” and not “very practical”. Since
Why does culture matter? Recent examples from Ukraine Read More »
8-hour training days may be the norm for in-person training, but should we consider this format for Live Virtual Training? Back in April 2020, I published a post called “When Everything is Suddenly Virtual”. In it I looked at what scientists and expert practitioners were saying and concluded that Shorter Trumps Longer (Bowman, 2011) when
Is Live Virtual Training Helping Learners? Read More »
This short but informative video takes a look at the key question from Chip & Dan Heath’s book ‘Switch’. Why is it hard to make lasting change even when the change is good for the people involved? The video digs deeper into the three steps the Heaths suggest to create permanent change in any personal
[#024] How to change when change is hard Read More »
“Empathy is feeling with people”. In this beautifully designed short video from RSA, Brené Brown talks us through Empathy. What it is, how it feels, and how it benefits those that need it.
Could you build an MVP in only one week? The Nordstrom Innovation Lab challenged themselves to do just that in plain sight of their customers.
[#022] Building an MVP in a Week Read More »
Ever had a bad door experience? No matter how hard you pull, it won’t open and then you realise you need to push. Bad doors are everywhere. In this video, Joe Posner has a chat with Don Norman about Norman doors and what the implications are for Human-centered design. Oh – and we find out
[#021] Bad doors are everywhere! Read More »
Abstract Ever wondered why sometimes you feel like you are getting a lot of work done, but still your customers and stakeholders aren’t happy? Why is it that, even if your team is awesomely agile, people still complain about how long it takes to get their stuff done? It feels like no matter how hard
Visualising Waitflow – how efficient is your end-to-end flow? Read More »
When you think of being agile, what comes to mind? I doubt Flow Efficiency is the first thing you think of. My guess is it might have something to do with value delivery, methodologies, frameworks, events, or roles. These are all things that we sometimes hear people say when we ask them what “good” looks
Flow Efficiency: The Hidden Truth of Agile Teams Read More »
Niklas Modig uses the example of a child needing medical help to illustrate the difference between flow efficiency and resource efficiency. It serves as an excellent emotional hook to highlight this key idea of why flow efficiency is so important for business agility. Read more
[#019] The Efficiency Paradox Read More »
