
Rethinking (beyond COVID) Your Training Strategies
“For too long, L&D has focused on creating day-long training programs where employees are all on the same path, regardless of their individual knowledge or experience” states this article in Chief Learning Officer. Covid-19 has forced us to test and challenge many of our assumptions, such as whether or
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The Value of Transparency in Product Development
We’ve already covered the value of both granularity and cadence. Along with that must come transparency, as, without it, all the information flow, connections, and ability to problem-solve has less value. First, transparency is a precursor to trust (or is trust required to have transparency? Well, it works both
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Measuring Your Lean Journey
If your lean journey is important, shouldn’t you measure it? How should you measure it? This is a common question I receive from my advisory clients. I don’t think there is one right answer, because in part you need to be clear about what question you’re trying to answer, who
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The Value of Cadence in Product Development
Previously we explored the benefits of making the work more granular in product development. One thing that this enables is the ability to plan, manage, execute, and monitor the work at a higher cadence. Well, why would you want that? First, it allows us to treat the work as something
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The Value of Building Granularity into Product Development
I suspect first we will have to define what is meant by granularity. This means that we plan, manage, execute our work at a more granular or detailed level. This applies to the work itself; it’s not just “execute test” but design the test, plan the test, execute the test,
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Relentless Patience
When people talk about a lean journey, they say the word “journey” as if they understand it will take time to change a culture, however, their behavior often reveals they don’t have the relentless patience will actually take to create change. We talk about the effort required to changing culture but
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A Wider View of Innovation
Innovation means different things to different people. It also unfortunately means different things to different organizations. Organizations can get trapped in their traditional views on innovation, and it is time to adopt a wider view of what innovation can and should be.
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Change at the Right Level
Many, if not all organizations (including governments and non-profits) are having to change to deal with the multiple crises of 2020. Some of those changes are positive, some negative, and some a matter of life and death. But, are you trying to change at the right level? Many are only
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Lessons from The Map of Knowledge
This will certainly read a little different from my typical blog posts, and even my typical book reviews. It’s not even a business or leadership book (or is it?). I recently read The Map of Knowledge, and there are some important perspectives to take away from a book such as
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Why should you have a Chief Engineer?
I’ve had conversations with numerous advisory clients this year about the role of the Chief Engineer. To be clear, I don’t generally advocate that an organization install this role. It is heralded in the lean product development community as a key aspect of such a transformation. Other than having clear
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