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ORGANIC agility: The handbook is now here!

Agile42

For most readers of this blog, there will be nothing new about the words “ORGANIC agility”. Put simply, ORGANIC agility decenters the mechanical approach that sees organizations as machines built of discrete parts but sees them instead as living networks of relationships between people. appeared first on agile42.

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The Patrol Method and Self Directed Agile Teams

The Agile Manager

As part of my research into method earlier this year, I picked up a 1959 edition of the Scoutmaster's Handbook. The early editions of the Boy Scouts of America's version of the Boy Scout Handbook were mostly written by the same person, William "Green Bar Bill" Hillcourt , and revised over many years.

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Arriving at the new destination: the DevOps learning journey

Capgemini

As we discussed in part 1 and part 2 of this blog, culture and leadership are key components of a DevOps transformation. We were implementing our DevOps approach for a national financial services company that wanted to develop a DevOps and Agile learning curriculum for 35,000 associates. But they are only components. Skill building.

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The Patrol Method and Objections to Self-Directed Agile Teams

The Agile Manager

In the previous post , we saw there are quite a few similarities between the Patrol method and self-directed Agile teams. They found a chance to play and show off their specialties and don't realize they're stifling leadership development. If that's the case, one can learn from the other. Others don't like to part with authority.

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QAspire Blog 2012: Essential Posts Redux

QAspire

This year, I contributed a 23 page chapter in “ The ASTD Management Development Handbook ” published by American Society for Training and Development. Every project we execute is a glorious opportunity to practice leadership , to make a difference in a customer’s business, to nurture the talents of our people.

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Train-Wreck Management

LeanEssays

“On October 5, 1841, two Western Railroad passenger trains collided somewhere between Worchester, Massachusetts and Albany, New York, killing a conductor and a passenger and injuring seventeen passengers. 1] These words open Peter Scholtes classic book on leadership. Scholtes calls it the "train-wreck" chart. Process or People?

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Organizational Culture: Digital Transformation Key Success Factor

iTexico

It’s part of your handbook that you assuage these fears, an integral portion of the clear communication sections of this initiative. Like we said, change isn’t easy, and leadership has the tendency of clinging to what is familiar and known. Strong leadership and employee engagement are key.

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