To develop something new that solves a significant problem and creates real value for customers, you have to take risk proportionate to the potential return. Yet, most people are conditioned to avoid risk. Leading innovation requires a willingness to pursue a goal without knowing exactly how you’ll achieve it. To overcome the fear of failure…
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Today’s leaders face a situation no one imagined fifty years ago: getting a hundred or more people to assemble complex and abstract ideas into an invisible, effective decision-making machine. The key is focusing on people, not process. Agile software development is transforming how businesses run. But too many leaders are in the dark when it…
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Leadership and Agile are not necessarily mutually inclusive; however, I believe that Agile needs to be a tool in the toolbox of leaders everyone. My guest on this episode believes that Agile and Leadership go firmly hand-in-hand. During this joint episode my guest Jeff Dalton and I discuss the similarities and differences of leadership and…
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http://media.blubrry.com/badassagile/content.blubrry.com/badassagile/Badass_Conversations_-_Agility_and_Leadership_in_the_Field_of_Battle_with_Scott_McCarthy.mp3 I had the joy of being interviewed on Chris Williams’ Badass Agile podcast recently! Here is what he had to say on his landing page: This week, I interview Scott McCarthy of Moving Forward Leadership. Scott is a leader in the Canadian Armed Forces, and also runs his own leadership consultancy and podcast. In…
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Change, it is the ever consent in our world. Since forever, the world has been changing. Organizations are no different. Organizations at times need to be steady like an rock and others they need to be adaptive and nimble like a cat. This is where “agile” comes into play. Agile allows organizations to change, morph,…
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