KISS – Keep It Stupid Simple
April 5, 2020
KISS, an acronym for “keep it simple, stupid” or “keep it stupid simple”, is a design principle noted by the (read more...)
What To Do When Feeling Overwhelmed
March 18, 2020
1. Breathe Know to stop. Stop. Take a deep breath. Slowly regulate your breathing. Our mind and body is an (read more...)
Mental Model Dōjō TV: Agile Success Stories – UOB Finlab Felix Tan
March 11, 2020
What makes UOB’s Finlab not just yet another bank accelerator unit, is its unique focus in helping SMEs with its (read more...)
Kill the Zombies in the Eisenhower Matrix
March 6, 2020
My executive coaching client was being completely overwhelmed. After a download of a long list of things on his plate, (read more...)
Disagreement vs Misalignment
March 3, 2020
“Shared understanding” is an everyday word in my team coaching. It’s so easy to get into positional talk and convincing (read more...)
Maslow’s Final Theory Z
February 20, 2020
Self-Transcendence – Beyond Self-Actualization and Theory X & Y Maslow’s Original Hierarchy of Needs Model In 1943, Abraham H. Maslow (read more...)
Mental Model Dōjō TV: Agile Success Stories – Solaria Labs, Liberty Mutual
February 13, 2020
Does Agile work? To answer that question, I am starting a new video series of curating Agile success stories. The (read more...)
Mental Model Dōjō TV: Ambidextrous Organizations Explained
February 13, 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...)
Stop #failureporn
February 5, 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...)
Mental Model Dōjō TV: Knowing to Stop – a Confucius Teaching
February 4, 2020
We practice the art of stopping – meditation, mindfulness, reflection, introspection, zen. Confucius says to stop, we first need to (read more...)
Innovator’s Dilemma and Organizational Ambidexterity
January 25, 2020
A tribute post to Professor Clayton Christensen, author of “The Innovator’s Dilemma” (1997), who passed away after a long illness. (read more...)
Waterfall Agile: Addressing the Irony of Delivering Agile Transformation with Waterfall
January 19, 2020
The Irony of Delivering Agile Transformation with Waterfall Agile and digital transformation projects are abundant today. The irony is that (read more...)
Knowledge is for Consumption
January 17, 2020
Knowledge is for consumption. This is my street philosophy, but I really abide to this. I really, really like to (read more...)
Premature Scaling is Startup Death
January 14, 2020
#1 Cause of Startup Death? Premature Scaling This is what INSEAD professor Nathan Furr said in a 2011 Forbes article. (read more...)
Don’t Mix What I Want FROM You with What I Want FOR You
January 5, 2020
Frustrations about others, are (not surprisingly) frequent topics of my coaching conversations. The clarifying question “So, what are you frustrated (read more...)
Karpman’s Drama Triangle
December 17, 2019
In coaching enabling conversation skills, I find Karpman’s Drama Triangle (1968) very useful. (1) Blaming, shaming and guilt tripping, (2) (read more...)
Relentless Pursuit of Product Market Fit is Customer Obsession
December 15, 2019
Relentless pursuit of product market fit is customer obsession. Reality is, so many distractions in the office… It would be (read more...)
Honest disagreement is often a good sign of progress
December 12, 2019
Honest disagreement is often a good sign of progress. – Mahatma Gandhi Nodding one’s head in agreement when reading an (read more...)
Deductive and Inductive Reasoning and the Divergent, Convergent Double Diamond in Design Thinking
December 5, 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...)
If you hear a voice within you say you cannot paint, then by all means paint and that voice will be silenced
December 4, 2019
“If you hear a voice within you say you cannot paint, then by all means paint and that voice will (read more...)
The Cadence of Scrum
December 3, 2019
I chose this equestrian quote because today I wanted to talk about the time-boxed nature of Scrum, also known as (read more...)
Zen koan: What is the sound of one hand clapping?
November 28, 2019
We know the sound of two hands clapping. But what is the sound of one hand clapping? – Zen Master (read more...)
The Map Is Not The Territory
November 27, 2019
The map is not the territory. – Alfred Korzybski, 1931 Semantic scientist and philosopher Korzybski coined this term to distinguish (read more...)