"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...

🤔​ Have you noticed how casually we refer to humans in our organizations as 'resources'? 😱​ In the last few years, I notice myself...

💫​ The traditional leadership script is no longer achieving the desired outcomes. Knowledge and creative workers are done taking orders....

🤔 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...

Co-Authors: Anjali Leon & Lakshmi Ramaseshan “Trusts in the wisdom of the collective” was the card that generated some controversy. It...

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...

“Deep Work,” “Total Focus,” “In the Zone”— all describe an optimal state of consciousness where we perform and feel our best. Psychology...

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?...

"Who are you advocating to?" What may have been intended as an innocent question became a powerful question for me. -------- A trigger to...

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

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

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

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

Have you admired people with immaculate eyebrows?  Ever wondered how they got them? Those eyebrows may be the result of a technique...

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

R eading Loopy: Each node represents a value or an outcome Values are in Blue Outcomes are in Purple Each line represents the...

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

We are in a place in our human history where we are once again actively engaged in re-imagining, re-designing, re-defining, and...

How many times have you answered the question "Are you creative?" with, "I am not the creative type." or "I don't have a creative bone in...

Design Thinking is a problem solving framework. It offers a structure and process for creative problem solving in uncertain environments,...