I’ve been catching up with the latest Fast Company, Forbes, and Inc. articles. One post resonated with me, The Importance Of Embracing A Product Operating Model on the Forbes Technology Council site. Authored by Craig Strong, a Forbes Councils Member (sounds impressive, but I was approached to apply a while back. I honestly thought it … Read more
I’ve spent the day preparing materials on navigating complexity for a bespoke workshop. I’ll be working with a cohort of product managers and product owners from DWP Digital’s product management community of practice in the coming weeks. The workshop is intended to bring together product managers and owners from a wide range of areas across … Read more
A phrase I hear more often is, “Agile has stopped being agile.” (or worse still “Agile is dead”). What started as a flexible, innovative approach to delivering value has, for some, become just another bureaucratic system. Organizations that set out to be more adaptive and people-focused end up feeling stuck in rigid frameworks and ceremonies. … Read more
In an era of rapid change and complex challenges, the need for agility extends far beyond the boundaries of businesses. Public sector organizations grapple with shifting societal demands, evolving regulations, and constrained budgets. Third-sector organizations navigate growing expectations for impact and transparency amidst unpredictable funding landscapes. While businesses aim to stay competitive, public and third-sector … Read more
Traditional problem-solving approaches, honed during the industrial era, assume that the world operates in predictable and linear ways. These approaches rely on breaking down problems into smaller parts, analyzing each component, and reassembling them into a solution. While effective for simple and complicated problems, they often fail in the face of complex challenges, leading to … Read more
A few days ago, during a fascinating discussion at a Business Black Belt workshop I was facilitating, we explored an intriguing analogy: eggs and eggboxes in the context of Agile. This discussion delved into the delicate balance between the value (the eggs) and the systems or frameworks (the eggboxes) that ensure their safe delivery. Understanding … Read more