Leading Change : Why Transformation Efforts Fail by Dr John Kotter is seminal work in the field of change management. It put forth a step by step guide of what to do if we want lasting change. However is step by step really good? Step by step approach is fundamentally linear thinking in a deterministic […]
Don’t just Lead Change. Accelerate ! Read More »
Your organization has embarked on a bold new journey towards transforming itself into a truly Agile organization. Any transformation involves bringing a new set of artefacts, values and changing culture. Artefacts are the practices and methodologies (e.g sprint planning, demos etcs..), values – the agile manifesto. But what is culture? As Henrik Kniberg puts it
Culture Not Practices is The Key to successful Agile Transformation Read More »
Upanishads, conversations between Masters and their disciples centuries ago, have some amazing lessons in teaching, coaching and communicating in general.
Agile Coaching Lessons from the Upanishads Read More »
Enterprises big and small are aspiring for agility these days and kick-starting #Agile transformations. Agile is mainstream. The movement that started with a manifesto and principles has grown bigger. From product development and startups, agile is now being adopted in mainstream (read legacy) companies for all kinds of knowledge work beyond the scope of pure
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One day, a student came to the teacher and said in a rather accusative tone, “You have taught me a lot of theory but nothing practical.”. For people who are in the consulting field, isn’t this an oft heard response. Clients complain we are bringing them a lot of nice beautiful concepts that sound great
Are they really listening and can they digest? Read More »
