by Mike Edwards | Aug 12, 2013 | Behaviour, Communication, Conferences, People, The Leadership Gift
We need to drive change so they will give better results. Through this change we’re going to create synergies and get rid of the dead wood. Today I heard a new one: We need to force them to do the training for their own good … to aid in adoption. When you...
by Mike Edwards | Aug 11, 2013 | Agile, Conferences, Kanban, Lean, The Leadership Gift
Last week I attended Agile 2013. This is my first time attending an Agile Alliance conference. My compliments go out to everyone involved with putting it together. In particular I’d like to thank all the volunteers who gave up their time to help us lost souls...
by Mike Edwards | Aug 9, 2013 | Agile, Behaviour, Lean, Quality
At Agile 2013 I had many great conversations. One of the best questions I was asked was “what will we be talking about in 2 years?” There are so many things happening here. I will be doing a post to summarize my conference experience. However there is one...
by Mike Edwards | Aug 8, 2013 | Behaviour, People, Responsibility, The Leadership Gift
In my last post I talked about managers and front line workers confronting themselves. I want to share a little bit of my story to help illustrate further. In a former life as a manager of a development team I was faced with many things I believed were impeding...
by Mike Edwards | Aug 6, 2013 | Behaviour, People, Responsibility
How many times have you heard management say “if they would just adopt that Agile thing it will fix the problems!” At Agile 2013 Christopher Avery provided insight into this management mindset during his talk. It’s not hard to find organizations...
