Real lessons on teamwork from the Marshmallow Challenge
Ever thought that a marshmallow could teach you a thing or two about building effective teams? Tom Wujec, a designer and innovator, presented a fascinating TED Talk in 2010 whe...
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Why Not Understanding the Cybertruck is a Management Problem
This article isn’t about Tesla. It’s about leadership, innovation, and why too many managers fail to grasp the essence of how innovation really works. Innovation is challengi...
How To Build Trust And Vulnerability In Teams With The Personal History Exercise
Agile coaches often face the challenge of nurturing trust and openness within teams. The Personal History Exercise, as presented by Patrick Lencioni in “The Five Dysfunctions of...
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 M...
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...
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...
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 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...
How to easily destroy agility
If you don‘t set clear goals & priorities on top management level, you‘ll stir unhealthy conflict & confusion in teams. It‘s not uncommon for managers to spend half of their wo...