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Flow Mapping: Better Business Agility with Flight Levels

By Jose Casal / 14th September 2022 27th December 2022

Abstract Organisations know that achieving better Business Agility is key for their long-term survival. However, most Agile Transformations fail to deliver their expected outcomes. Many lose momentum and are cancelled before they can be completed.So, why do we fail so often?Business Agility requires a fundamental change of mindset; moving from Resource thinking to Flow thinking.This …

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Rapid prototyping of your coordination boards

By Jose Casal / 24th June 2022 1st September 2022

with Bernd Kudicke I typically do some flight route simulations with my customers to better understand their intended way of collaboration and interactions.

How well does your workflow flow?

By Jose Casal / 24th June 2022 1st September 2022

with Julia Wester A workflow is a process in which work flows through until it is completed – at least that’s what the name suggests. Based on my experience working with and talking to teams, workflows don’t always facilitate flow.

Business Agility in Action: Using Flight Levels Boards

By Jose Casal / 16th September 2021 16th September 2021

Klaus Leopold author of “rethinking Agile” describes Flight Levels as a “thinking model” that can help you discover and highlight where in an organization you need to focus on to achieve your desired objectives. Flight Levels is not an organisational model or a maturity model. It is essentially a tool to help you think and …

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What shall I work on next? Using ageing charts in your Daily Scrum

By Jose Casal / 6th August 2021 6th August 2021

What shall I work on next? If you facilitate Daily Scrums (or whatever you call your daily meeting), this is never a straightforward question and it can be difficult helping guide teams to the right answer. As a team member, it is never as simple as picking the lowest hanging fruit or the most important …

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Business Agility with Flight Levels

By Jose Casal / 10th July 2021 18th October 2022

Abstract Flight Levels enable us to achieve business agility. José Casal presents how using Enterprise Kanban and Klaus Leopold’s Flight Levels help us to foster business agility with appropriate organisational changes. During this interactive introductory session, participants have the opportunity to interact regularly with the contents of the session and explore the core components of …

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[#020] The Adaptable Mind

By Jose Casal / 19th June 2020 5th October 2020

Tiffany Shlain discusses the skills we need to thrive in today’s world.

Visualising Waitflow – how efficient is your end-to-end flow?

By JP Bayley / 19th May 2020 18th October 2022

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 …

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Flow Efficiency: The Hidden Truth of Agile Teams

By JP Bayley / 19th May 2020 27th February 2021

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 …

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[#019] The Efficiency Paradox

By JP Bayley / 19th May 2020 29th July 2021

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