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Leadership Tip #13: For Innovation, Remove at Least One Policy or Procedure a Week

Johanna Rothman

Some managers wanted to prevent Bad Things from happening in the organization, so they added policies or procedures. Now, these same managers want business agility. However, the policies and procedures increase friction and make it harder to get the Right Things done. Yet, the policies and procedures remain.

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Leadership Tip #11: Substitute the Word Trust for Empower

Johanna Rothman

We talk a lot about empowered or self-organizing teams in the agile community. When Mark Kilby and I wrote From Chaos to Successful Distributed Agile Teams , we said the easiest way to create a system that worked for the team was for the team to create its own board. Agile Approaches Require Management Cultural Change.

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Kanban: Agile, Scrum, or Both? Unraveling the Mystery

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scrum #scrumathome #scrummaster #agile #kanban ♬ Vlog BGM_03(953483) – Fujiwo Agile is a mindset. Both Scrum and Kanban are part of the Agile family, but they’re like siblings with different personalities. Scrum is a specific way to do Agile. Make Process Policies Explicit: Clarity is key in Kanban.

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How to Build and Sustain Organizational Resilience

Agile Velocity

After reading the Gallup Group’s article “ Remote Agile: Sustain Performance While Working Remotely ” a few things floated up in my mind. Build trust through relationships to combat anxiety in agile remote teams. Replicate agile rituals while working remotely. Organizational policies and practices (centralized).

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Benefits of Asking Powerful Questions Over Giving Directives

Agile Velocity

In this article, we dive into a transformative topic that could redefine the way you approach leadership—asking questions. Let’s break down the key takeaways from the video and explore some practical improvement ideas for implementing this approach in your own leadership journey. Ready to revolutionize your leadership approach?

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Digital Transformation and Product Management

Roman Pichler

Embracing new technologies like machine learning, micro services, big data, and Internet of Things (IoT) is part of that change, as is the introduction of agile practices including cross-functional and self-organising teams, DevOps, Scrum, and Kanban. Strategy and leadership skills are nice-to-have but not mandatory. What do mean?”

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Want Business Agility? Use These Seven Innovation Principles

Johanna Rothman

Let me address a little about business agility and innovation. Business agility allows us to create a culture where we plan to change. Too many people think business agility is about the ability to do more of the same, faster. Instead of optimizing for a team's agility, we can encourage management agility with flow efficiency.

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