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What the Heart teaches us about Flow: Lessons for Kanban Practitioners
The human heart, a marvel of biological engineering, offers profound lessons on flow and balance. As Professional Kanban practitioners,...

Anjali Leon
Feb 29, 20243 min read


Inspiring Others to Lead with Head, Heart and Hands
As a leadership and collaboration coach and consultant, I believe in the power of nurturing a holistic approach to leadership, where the...
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Feb 24, 20243 min read


Awakening New Possibilities with a Beginner's Mind
I was tongue-tied. Frozen in the moment - desperately shuffling through the clean questions in my mind - seeking the one that would...
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Jan 24, 20235 min read


Leading Change: Be Willing to Let Go
"Don't be afraid of change. Beautiful things grow when you are willing to let go." At the recent #agile2022 conference, I was invited to...
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Jul 30, 20222 min read


Human Resources or Human Sources?
🤔 Have you noticed how casually we refer to humans in our organizations as 'resources'? 😱 In the last few years, I notice myself...
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Jul 15, 20221 min read


Flipping the Script of a Traditional Leader
💫 The traditional leadership script is no longer achieving the desired outcomes. Knowledge and creative workers are done taking orders....
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Jul 6, 20222 min read


What is Value?
🤔 What is value? It is a question that a lot of people struggle with. That is why they are attracted to my classes - Value-Driven...
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Jun 23, 20221 min read


Tapping into the Wisdom of the Collective
Co-Authors: Anjali Leon & Lakshmi Ramaseshan “Trusts in the wisdom of the collective” was the card that generated some controversy. It...
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Apr 26, 20223 min read


Collective Flow: The Rhythm of Creative Collaboration
If I only had a dollar for every time an Agile team member complained about not having time free of distractions so that they could...
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Apr 21, 20224 min read


Flow - The Secret to creativity, high performance and happiness
“Deep Work,” “Total Focus,” “In the Zone”— all describe an optimal state of consciousness where we perform and feel our best. Psychology...
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Apr 21, 20223 min read


A Fresh take on Creative Collaboration: Why do stars ensemble?
Image from Deadline.com Yes, yes, it’s true … ensemble is not a verb. So why the blatant verbing abuse in the title of this article?...
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Apr 8, 20224 min read


A Debate Between the Head and the Heart
"Who are you advocating to?" What may have been intended as an innocent question became a powerful question for me. -------- A trigger to...
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Mar 26, 20223 min read


When to Schedule Work?
🤔 Can we get better outcomes by recognizing and designing our day for our natural wave patterns? I notice that my mood, attendance and...

Anjali Leon
Aug 11, 20201 min read


Build Resilience with Strategic Foresight
If nothing else, Covid-19 has awakened us to the reality of VUCA (volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity and Ambiguity) or TUNA (Turbulence,...

Anjali Leon
Aug 2, 20204 min read


Principles vs Rules
Principles and rules both determine the way someone acts and behaves, but they are quite different. Principles are ideas that govern someone

Anjali Leon
Jul 22, 20202 min read


"Yes and..."ing John Kotter's 8 Steps to Lead Change
Here is my attempt at "Yes and..."ing the popular John Kotter's 8 Steps for Leading Change based on what I have learned about leading change

Anjali Leon
Jul 15, 20201 min read


A marvelous invention-by-necessity mini miracle of innovation
Have you admired people with immaculate eyebrows? Ever wondered how they got them? Those eyebrows may be the result of a technique...

Anjali Leon
Jun 14, 20203 min read


Does your Pace Affect your Attention?
"I can't breathe". Three words that have captured the world's attention and have become a slogan for the Black Lives Matter movement.

Anjali Leon
Jun 14, 20203 min read


A Systems Thinking Approach to Values and Outcomes
R eading Loopy: Each node represents a value or an outcome Values are in Blue Outcomes are in Purple Each line represents the...

Anjali Leon
Jun 11, 20201 min read


Principles of Agile Leadership
Image: courtesy of Unsplash Agile Leadership is about leading others through choppy waters, about being the captain for a crew...

Anjali Leon
Jun 11, 20201 min read
