Why Managing Dependencies Is Dangerous And How To Do Better
When it comes to dependencies, most teams and managers immediately ask, “How do we manage these dependencies?” But are we asking the right question? What’s a Dependency?A depen...
Leadership and organizational change
Leadership, motivation, decision-making, psychological safety, and why organizational transformations stall.
The Benefits of Setting Impossible Goals – Why Great Leaders Aim High
We all laugh when Elon Musk misses yet another audacious goal. But is he just a deluded lunatic billionaire or is there more behind him consistently missing his goals? Flying Ma...
Boost productivity: Manage your energy, not your time! ⚡️
Did you know: The average worker is only productive for 2 hours and 53 minutes a day? That’s a jarring 30% of an 8 hour work day. What happens the rest of the day? And why do w...
The Hidden Agile Killer: How Traditional Budgeting Methods Undermine Innovation
How agile can you be, if your budgeting process is still stuck in waterfall land? Sadly, many agile transformations are stopped in their tracks by the budgeting process. In or...
How To Measure Psychological Safety In Agile Teams?
Think of the best team you’ve ever been part of. What made it stand out? Was it the easy way everyone shared ideas, or maybe the comfort of speaking up without fear of being shu...
Efficiency or Effectiveness - What Will Give You the Competitive Edge?
Today I want to give you an article you can pass on to doubting managers. It talks about a company‘s competitive edge in the 21. century: is it efficiency or effectiveness? ...
How Positive Intent Transforms Agile Team Dynamics for Better Productivity
In professional soccer, a 2005 study titled Action bias among elite soccer goalkeepers: The case of penalty kicks provides a fascinating insight into the impact of culture and p...
Is Extrinsic Motivation Really Bad? Understand the Balance for Great Leadership
The widely held belief that extrinsic motivation invariably diminishes intrinsic motivation deserves a nuanced examination. Contrary to this popular notion, a recent study sugge...
The Manifesto Most Organizations Live By
Ah, the hallowed halls of traditional management, where the air is thick with the scent of printed reports and the sound of keyboards clacking away into oblivion. Here, in this ...
How Agile Teams Naturally Progress: Unveil the Power of Tuckman’s Stages
Tuckman's stages of group development help us to coach agile teams at different stages of their development. Access this content with a premium subscription This post is on...
Unlocking Performance: The Overlooked Management Strategy That Works Wonders
The Agile Compassby Matthias Orgler Hello Reader, in the last two weeks we looked at planning: assessing why we insist on finalizing the plan (and how to stop) and why you sho...
How to Overcome Resistance to Change in Agile Transformations
Agile transformations often encounter resistance, a natural response to change, particularly in the context of organizations. Agile coaches and leaders play a crucial role in na...
Unlocking Innovation and Autonomy: The Critical Role of Psychological Safety in Agile Teams
The Agile Compassby Matthias Orgler Have you ever wondered why some agile teams soar to new heights of innovation and efficiency, while others struggle to find their rhythm? Th...
Why do we plan agile transformations as waterfall projects?
Why do we plan agile transformations as waterfall projects? It sounds hilarious, yet I‘ve seen it over and over again: Agile transformations are planned as a project with big u...
Why do some management boards think agility wouldn‘t affect them?
Why do some management boards think agility wouldn‘t affect them? Don‘t limit your agile transformation to the “delivery organization“! You cannot require Product Owners and P...
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