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Four Lenses of Corporate Innovation
Innovation as a Holistic, System-Wide Journey Over the years, I’ve partnered with large organizations grappling with the complexities of innovation. … Read More
The Accountability Culture Shift
(Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/55eGLyl2fSQ) Synopsis In my ongoing conversations with client organizations undergoing agile transformation, I’m observing a subtle yet … Read More
Change Management in OD, and the MS3 Model of Change
In academia, Organization Development (OD) is defined as “a system-wide application and transfer of behavioral science knowledge to the planned … Read More
Navigating Conversations with Avoidant Personalities: 5 Archetypes & Communication Strategies
How do we speak with people who avoid conversations? This is a universal challenge for leaders, alongside leading through resistance … Read More
Command & Control – Why it’s OK, and Not OK
Mental Model Dōjō pre-session video Transcript First, let’s take a step back and look at “command & control”. In modern … Read More
Navigating Uncertainty, Handling Complexity (Session Recording)
Synopsis: Thanks to the popular “VUCA” acronym, the ability to manage enterprises and lead teams in volatile, uncertain, complex and … Read More
Managing Smart People, Managing Quiet People (post session recap)
One of the objectives of the Mental Model Dōjō community sessions is to create space for people to discuss hard-to-put-a-finger-on … Read More
Facilitating Healthy Storming
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Fair Process – A Primer
INSEAD is big on “Fair Process”, a leadership mental model formulated by the creators of Blue Ocean Strategy W. Chan … Read More
7 Telltale Signs of Waterfall Agile
waterfall agile [ˈwɔːtəfɔːl aj-ahyl]: the paradoxical phenomenon observed in large organizations where agile transformation is attempted to be delivered with … Read More
Coaching Fair Process to the Impatient Leader
“It’s not that they don’t get it. It’s that they’re resisting.” “I don’t get it. This plan makes so much … Read More
Remote and Hybrid Teamwork Success: “Asynchronous” Communication is the Key
Addressing the “Always On” Fatigue of Remote and Hybrid Working with Asynchronous Communication “I miss working in the office, at … Read More
Team Alignment in VUCA”O” Times: Try W3 x 124A (What, So What, Now What x 1-2-4-All)
The situation is volatile, uncertain, complex, ambiguous, overwhelming (VUCA”O”). We have an immediate, mission critical challenge to tackle. We need … Read More
How to Build an Agile Team in 6 Steps
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Agile Organization Development Practitioner’s Community: Why, How and What
Join us at: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13940775 Dear members of the Agile Organization Development Practitioner’s Community, thank you for joining and welcome to … Read More
The Power of Tribes in Agile Organizations
Social and digital is accelerating the service economy transformation in our world. In the service economy, the competitive advantage is … Read More
Mental Model Dōjō TV: Agile Success Stories – UOB Finlab Felix Tan
What makes UOB’s Finlab not just yet another bank accelerator unit, is its unique focus in helping SMEs with its … Read More
Mental Model Dōjō TV: Agile Success Stories – Solaria Labs, Liberty Mutual
Does Agile work? To answer that question, I am starting a new video series of curating Agile success stories. The … Read More
Ambidextrous Organizations Explained
Link to case study video: https://youtu.be/EW_PX50NAps Transcript What is an ambidextrous organization? In a nutshell, an ambidextrous organization takes care … Read More
Innovator’s Dilemma and Organizational Ambidexterity
A tribute post to Professor Clayton Christensen, author of “The Innovator’s Dilemma” (1997), who passed away after a long illness. … Read More
Addressing the Irony of Waterfall Agile
The Irony of Delivering Agile Transformation with Waterfall Agile and digital transformation projects are abundant today. The irony is that … Read More
Strategy Session Facilitation with Design Thinking & Liberating Structures
Why brainstorming doesn’t work That was fun, but… Why do we get that slight, lingering feeling of doubt and dissatisfaction … Read More
Liberating Structures
Liberating Structures is a collection of powerful team exercises curated by Henri Lipmanowicz and Keith McCandless (www.liberatingstructures.com). The following slides … Read More
Systems Thinking
We tend to confront complex, dynamic realities with a language designed for simple, static problems: normal verbal language extracts simple, … Read More
Vision Hierarchy: Making Your Vision Connected with Your Team – An Agile Exercise
Sharing your Vision Leaders, why is it all so often that when you “share” your vision to your people, you … Read More