NEIL WALKER

Tag: Continuous Improvement

  • Agility is a Strategy, Agile is a Tactic

    I’ve been catching up on some of the conference sessions I have added to my personal Kanban over the year. One of the sessions from the recent Lean Kanban Central Europe 2015, truly caught my eye. “Turn Your Organisation Into…

  • Celebrating World Usability Day 2015

    World Usability Day “occurs annually to promote the values of usability, usability engineering, user-centered design, universal usability, and every user’s responsibility to ask for things that work better. The day adopts a different theme each year”. 2015 is the Ten…

  • Tom Peters: 20 Years Later – A Visionary Still Leading the Charge

    June 2015 marks 20 years since I had the privilege of meeting Tom Peters in London, during his visit to the pioneering Usability Group at Reuters. A select few of us invited to attend his conference, which brought the book…

  • Leading with Integrity: Balancing Ethics and Profit in Agile Environments

    In the fast-paced world of Agile and agility, leaders often face the challenge of balancing ethical considerations with the drive for profit and performance. As we navigate this complex landscape, it’s crucial to remember that running a responsible business goes…

  • Unlocking Change with Systems Thinking

    When it comes to enacting sustainable change, systems thinking is a powerful yet often underutilized tool. (I’ve successfully employed it in a recent role, where I took on an unfamiliar challenge, the transformation of a social care service. Introduced it…

  • Approaches, Lets Try A New Blend

    A few weeks ago, I wrote about Crystal Clear, DSDM, XP, and Scrum; the most common Agile methodologies, with distinct approaches and philosophies. It was good, but could it be improved? I sat on the train earlier, commuting home, looking…

  • Got Yourself a Mountain of a Problem

    While on my honeymoon in New Zealand last month, I captured this breathtaking view of a perfectly conical volcano on the North Island. It reminded me of a valuable life and work lesson: even the most daunting challenges can be…