Agile transformations have two key components: “The Task” and “Reflection on the Task”. If you are leading or participating in an agile transformation (or indeed any change effort), and you’re not making substantial room for “Reflection on the Task”, little will change. And if the Reflection is shallow, likewise – little will change.

Originally posted on 2021-12-22 at 00:21 via https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn%3Ali%3Ashare%3A6879214143271002113

I can give you a hammer or a saw or a chisel, and I can show you how I use them. But I can’t wield them for you. To use them well, you have to actually touch them, work them, mess up a bit, and try again. I can be alongside you for that and tell you what I see, and maybe even what I think about that. But I don’t know how the thing feels in your hands, so it’s up to you to keep practicing and working to get the results you want.

Originally posted on 2021-12-21 at 16:33 via https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn%3Ali%3Ashare%3A6879096524333293569

Many of us know what micro-lending is. What would micro-philanthropy look like? Is it the same as the often-practiced year-end donation wave? Or could it be something different entirely?

Originally posted on 2021-12-17 at 23:36 via https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn%3Ali%3Ashare%3A6877753335001305088

It’s weird, what you miss about going places to eat. I’ve missed being able to get my coke & root beer combo drink at the fountain (yeah, call me crazy if you like). Glad to be able to get it again now, at least occasionally.

Originally posted on 2021-12-16 at 02:39 via https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn%3Ali%3Ashare%3A6877074636245471232

You know that old saying “Be careful what you wish for – you just might get it.” For Agile transformations (and leaders of such) it turns into “Be careful what you wish for – you just might have to do it.”

Originally posted on 2021-12-15 at 20:23 via https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn%3Ali%3Ashare%3A6876980161481449472

You would think that having to pay someone to come and snake out the laundry drain pipes multiple times in the course of a few months would be irritating, but I find myself surprisingly grateful for it, because I now am in control of who I call for the work, and am not dependent on someone else to do the selection and calling.

Originally posted on 2021-12-14 at 04:45 via https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn%3Ali%3Ashare%3A6876381493749534721