Are You Struggling to Scale Your Organization ? Need agility but dubious of process BS/dogma? I share reflective, pragmatic, principled takes on how to approach scaling your organization leveraging the essence (rather than theater) of product operating models, agile practices and frameworks, and business operating systems such as EOS and OKRs.
A Not So Agile Walk Around The Block
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On Tuesday, driving back from college, my daughter asked me what Agile is. Here’s what it isn’t. It’s planning to record a video podcast while walking around the block and realizing 15 minutes (and a few kilometers) later that the iPhone camera stops recording video when you switch to a different app (Perplexity, let’s say…). Doh Well, it would have been worse if it had been 60 minutes. And it would have been better if I had recorded a minute, then stopped to review the result and adjust anything in the process if needed. And yes, I am working on turning some of my key insights into podcasts. The current thinking is to “simulate” an interview to make it more dynamic and fun for me and the listeners. Maybe my daughter WILL interview me. I challenged her to get me to tell more stories and bring more of my whole self. She thinks it’s going to be a tough challenge… :-0 If you want to encourage her to give it a shot or have any tips for her/me - reply and let us know! PS I took another walk around the block and recorded a podcast episode while walking almost 4km. Win-win. Stay tuned... |
Scaling w/ Agility
Are You Struggling to Scale Your Organization ? Need agility but dubious of process BS/dogma? I share reflective, pragmatic, principled takes on how to approach scaling your organization leveraging the essence (rather than theater) of product operating models, agile practices and frameworks, and business operating systems such as EOS and OKRs.
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