What do you think is the relationship between Happiness and Success? Earlier this year I read Shawn Achor’s “The Happiness Advantage”. Apart from being an entertaining read, it’s a real eye-opener on how back to front we have got the Success and Happiness relationship. There are cultural blocks we have in place that hamper our […]
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In practically every training class and consultancy work we do in Actineo there are two ideas that someone will bring up at some point: Ticket size matters Tickets need to be of the same size To me, those are two myths. I tend to argue that “ticket size does NOT matter“, although what I really
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Abstract By now, we all know that software is at the core of most businesses. The world of business continues to accelerate at a pace that appears to be increasing. The key competitive advantage appears to have moved from product innovation and development to business model innovation. Yet, most companies are still trying to run
The Emergence of Business Agility and why it is not an option Read More »
Abstract Agile is at risk. People are starting to push back. In this session, we will look at some of the reasons that this might be. We’ll examine some of the things we often neglect during transformations. If we strip agility down to its naked form and take a more human approach, we can overcome
Let’s Get Naked! Agility for Human Beings. Read More »
How do we spread new fundamental concepts and knowledge? How do we generate conversations, reflection and improvement opportunities? How do we trigger people’s natural curiosity to find out more? How do we inspire people into trying new things? One option is to share interesting and eye-opening videos capturing some of the most fundamental concepts behind
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Since the start of 2017, I have been doing a lot of training. And when I write “a lot”, I really mean it (by my usual standards)! The majority of my training courses start with a focus on “why”. Why do we need to change? What the urgency? What’s the need? After most classes are
(recent) books that inspired me… Read More »
We often hear, “People don’t like change.” This is not true. What people don’t like is change which is forced on them, especially where the perceived pain outweighs the perceived gain. When this kind of change is forced on people, they resist. When people co-create change, they are more likely to be invested in a
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Diana Larsen and Esther Derby’s book “Agile Retrospectives: Making Good Teams Great” is fantastic. It describes 5 step approach to run retrospectives with Agile Teams. It goes like this: Set the stage Gather data Generate insights Decide what to do Close the retrospective This is great advice for any meeting, but it works particularly well
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There are four key words in the first value of the Agile Manifesto: “Individuals and their interactions over processes and tools” Most of us can spend countless hours debating the value of focusing on people and the dangers related to focusing on processes and tools. Interestingly, in our debates we seem to be oblivious to
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Converting ideas into concrete action is always tough. We read books, attend conference, book on training courses, have great chats at meet-ups and the ideas start flowing. We get excited to try out new things… …and then reality kicks-in and we have no time to do them. All sort of pressures, diversions and interruptions get
Letter to my Future Self Read More »
