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In-Depth: What a Social Systems Perspective Teaches us About Change

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Recognize how much of your thinking is still subtly influenced by a mechanical perspective in organizations . like network patterning, mood, safety, social contact and social influence?—?than social influence is that much stronger. than on individual traits. A similar comparison can be made for how we think about countries. “In

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In-Depth: How To Create Better Work Agreements For Your Team

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Many studies have found that psychological safety has a positive influence on team effectiveness (Edmondson, 2014). A poster with wonderful work agreements has no value when members weren’t involved, when they didn’t discuss them and when they don’t refer to it. References. Butchibabu, A., Sparano-Huiban, C., R., & Chu, A.

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21st Century Leadership - Prologue

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The conversations strongly influenced what the reader will see in the coming posts in this blog series. Remove some responsibilities from managers to allow them to become leaders as coaches (I now refer more to situational leadership , see examples ). More often than not, the executive is not ready to listen to: Limit work in progress.

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The Complete Guide to Scaling Agile and SAFe for Business Agility

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In 2011, Dean Leffingwell codified SAFe, the Scaled Agile Framework , to help bring the success that small teams have enjoyed with various agile methodologies such as Scrum or XP but scaled to the enterprise. These topics influence all domains. . These frameworks also encourage you to use Lean principles to optimize your flow.

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In-Depth: The Evidence-Based Business Case For Agile

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Another approach is to track many organizations over time as they adopt Agile methodologies, while also measuring anything else that could influence their results other than agility itself. Hoda, Stuart & Marshall (2011) interviewed 30 Agile practitioners over a period of 3 years. References. But how can one feasibly do that?

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Test First approach sounds simply enough, right?

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The reason in 2011, Gojko Adzi introduce a different name to group these practices - “ Specification by Example ". This cycle tends to be referred to as Red-Green-Refactor cycle. This is sometimes referred to as Test First with baby steps. Independently Deployable. Independently Developable. Independently Reasonable.

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How To Base Your Beliefs About Agile On Evidence

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This post is for anyone who wants to inspire, change or influence others through their efforts as professionals, with emphasis on the latter. I think you should read this post, and take it to heart when you write content that is aimed at influencing others. References in academic papers are also a good source.

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