She may have been the first person in the world to connect the concepts ”Agile” and ”HR”. Now it is becoming clear that Pia-Maria Thorén of Stockholm-based GreenBullet was the trailblazer of a global movement. Pia-Maria Thorén is as multi-professional as they come – she usually describes herself as a […]
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From Predict-and-Plan to Sense-and-Respond — a state-of-the-art view on Agile Leadership
When Michael Hamman started working with agile coaching in a corporate environment 15 years ago, he quickly realized two things. Firstly, that the success of the transition depends on the leaders’ willingness to change their own mindset and ways-of-working. Secondly, that he – as a coach – must develop his […]
Open Participatory Organization – self-organizing for agile expansion
A few years ago, Bonnitta Roy was thinking about what kind of organizational architecture would reflect the natural human dynamics of self-organization. This kind of structure would build trust in self-organizing teams, because there would no longer be a disconnect between how teams operated and how organizational power itself was […]
Kaikaku Mind – The concept of radical change
Great Scrum teams know that Scrum’s essence is learning and ongoing improvement. Scrum and agile have propelled the Japanese term kaizen into the limelight to be much more broadly recognized today than it was 20 years ago. While literally meaning just “getting better,” the Toyota culture uses the term as […]
Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes – Interview with Jason Little
Manage Change like a Rockstar – Interview with the author of the best-seller Lean Change Management – Jason Little ‘While helping a department of 400 people transition to Agile, I discovered the world of organizational change the hard way,” says Jason Little who learned the mechanics of Scrum and started […]