14-06-2020
What is agile? Why agile? How do we do agile? What's the difference between Agile, Scrum, Lean, Design Thinking? Tell (read more...)
12-06-2020
On the recurring, practical question of what to do when there are missing skills and expertise in the cross-functional Scrum (read more...)
31-05-2020
There's one HBR article that I share but never hear back about. It's Chris Argyris' “Teaching Smart People How to (read more...)
27-05-2020
So you had some great customer interviews as part of your Design Thinking exercise. You felt that you empathized well (read more...)
05-04-2020
KISS, an acronym for "keep it simple, stupid" or "keep it stupid simple", is a design principle noted by the (read more...)
18-03-2020
1. Breathe Know to stop. Stop. Take a deep breath. Slowly regulate your breathing. Our mind and body is an (read more...)
11-03-2020
What makes UOB's Finlab not just yet another bank accelerator unit, is its unique focus in helping SMEs with its (read more...)
06-03-2020
My executive coaching client was being completely overwhelmed. After a download of a long list of things on his plate, (read more...)
03-03-2020
"Shared understanding" is an everyday word in my team coaching. It's so easy to get into positional talk and convincing (read more...)
20-02-2020
Self-Transcendence - Beyond Self-Actualization and Theory X & Y Maslow's Original Hierarchy of Needs Model In 1943, Abraham H. Maslow (read more...)
13-02-2020
Does Agile work? To answer that question, I am starting a new video series of curating Agile success stories. The (read more...)
13-02-2020
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...)
05-02-2020
There's this thing called failure porn. As Agile professionals, as educators, as parents, we say it's okay to fail. Go (read more...)
04-02-2020
We practice the art of stopping - meditation, mindfulness, reflection, introspection, zen. Confucius says to stop, we first need to (read more...)
25-01-2020
A tribute post to Professor Clayton Christensen, author of "The Innovator's Dilemma" (1997), who passed away after a long illness. (read more...)
19-01-2020
The Irony of Delivering Agile Transformation with Waterfall Agile and digital transformation projects are abundant today. The irony is that (read more...)
17-01-2020
Knowledge is for consumption. This is my street philosophy, but I really abide to this. I really, really like to (read more...)
14-01-2020
#1 Cause of Startup Death? Premature Scaling This is what INSEAD professor Nathan Furr said in a 2011 Forbes article. (read more...)
05-01-2020
Frustrations about others, are (not surprisingly) frequent topics of my coaching conversations. The clarifying question "So, what are you frustrated (read more...)
17-12-2019
In coaching enabling conversation skills, I find Karpman's Drama Triangle (1968) very useful. (1) Blaming, shaming and guilt tripping, (2) (read more...)
15-12-2019
Relentless pursuit of product market fit is customer obsession. Reality is, so many distractions in the office... It would be (read more...)
12-12-2019
Honest disagreement is often a good sign of progress. - Mahatma Gandhi Nodding one's head in agreement when reading an (read more...)
05-12-2019
There's science and philosophy behind Design Thinking's divergent and convergent double diamond. It's the logic of deductive and inductive reasoning. (read more...)