Henry DeVries

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

“As a leader in your company, and every employee is a leader, it is your job to set the energetic tone of the workplace when you enter every morning,” says author Cathy Hawk.

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Johanna Rothman

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

If you’re thinking about an agile transformation, you already know about feature teams. You might even call them/use them as product teams. You might wonder about organizing all the work as product work. See Your Current Organization. Many organizations use functions to organize people. The “Typical Product Development Organization” shows the kind of organization I see most often.

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Consultants' Consultant

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

Consultants Consultant: Today’s AFL grand final day in Victoria. Loved this tiny section of an article about why the current teams are winning. I’m not a footy fan, a friend pointed this out, but here’s the important piece Collingwood coach, Nathan Buckley, underwent a leadership course this year, with observers noting Buckley’s more relaxed and fun attitude… […].

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Johanna Rothman

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

In Part 1 , I suggested that when we organize by function, the recognition and rewards might prevent a successful agile transformation. In this part, I’ll discuss an option for a product-oriented organization. Consider a Product-Oriented Organization. Instead of organizing by function, consider a product-oriented organization. Again, I am not saying this is the only way a product organization would look, but this is a possibility.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

INTI OCON/Getty Images. When Vontae Davis walked off the field at halftime, the Buffalo Bills were down 28-6 to the Los Angeles Chargers. But instead of huddling with teammates, the Bills cornerback quit football entirely, right then and there. Later that evening, Davis announced his retirement on social media , saying “today on the field, reality hit me hard and fast: I shouldn’t be out there anymore.” Many were outraged, including Bills linebacker Lorzenzo Alexander : “

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

Colin McConnell/Getty Images. We all know how important it is for an organization’s leaders and employees to empathize with its customers. Evidence shows that when people understand and care about those they serve, they solve problems more creatively and provide better service. What’s the best way to cultivate empathy? The standard answer is to spend more time with customers.

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Seth Godin Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

Is there something you do every day that builds an asset for you? Every single day? Something that creates another bit of intellectual property that belongs to you? Something that makes an asset you own more valuable? Something that you learn? Every single day is a lot of days. It’s easy to look at the long run and lull yourself into skipping a day now and then.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

Thomas Janisch/Getty Images. This month marks the 10-year anniversary of the Lehman Brothers collapse, the prelude to the worst global financial crisis since 1929. As we pass that mark, we are also approaching the 20-year anniversary of the launch of the Euro. And when the retrospective assessments of the Euro’s first two decades are written, they will all be set in the context of the economic disaster that followed the Lehman collapse.

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