We have to actually use a process for a while after making a change in order to measure the effect of the change. If we are trying to tweak a process continuously, we never stabilize the process enough to really know the effect of any given change. Improve in steps to increase the learning along...
Organizations are biased towards continuing whatever action they are doing. Leaders want to inject moments of thinking and decision into this continuous stream of action. This makes it safe to change the course if needed. Organizations are biased towards continuing whatever action that they’re doing. The reason for this is because we’ve made the decision...
The Complete Play allows Celebration One of the six plays in the Industrial Age management playbook was CONTINUE — continue the redwork of production as long as possible, minimizing interruptions. Now, we want to chunk the work into smaller intervals that allow us to reflect, improve, and celebrate what we’ve done. The new play is...
A: How has being exposed to the agile community influenced your new book, Leadership Is Language? For example, the SCRUM and SAFe cycles? Q: If we don’t relieve the pressure of the clock, its hard to shift to thinking mode, then collaborate with each other (not coerce) so we get commitments. So, from...
The Industrial Age playbook was designed to keep the team in redwork for as long as possible. An uninterrupted assembly line turning our product day after day after day. We still default to those plays that keep the team in motion, moving forward, making “progress.” Any stoppage of the assembly line, any pause in redwork,...
The Industrial Age play was Continue – continue the work as long as possible. Picture an assembly line running uninterrupted. The Industrial Age playbook was designed to maximize the time teams spent in redwork. That’s why the management plays we default to follow the same pattern: first, obey the clock, then coerce people into doing...
The CompleteThe play at the end of redwork where we pause to reflect on what we have accomplished, celebrate that, and invite others to tell their stories. Play allows Celebration One of the six plays in the Industrial AgeThe period when humans developed large complex organizations based on machines. Factories, assembly lines, plantations, and railroads were dominant during...
A: How has being exposed to the agile community influenced your new book, Leadership Is Language? For example, the SCRUM and SAFe cycles? Q: If we don’t relieve the pressure of the clock, its hard to shift to thinking mode, then collaborateThe play where we learn from others thereby making our product, ideas, and lives better. This...
The Industrial AgeThe period when humans developed large complex organizations based on machines. Factories, assembly lines, plantations, and railroads were dominant during the Industrial Age. The Industrial Age organizational design was optimized to use humans to reduce variability and comply with their masters’ instructions. This fundamental structure shapes our organizational design and language today. playbook was designed...