Digital Transformation Is Not Innovation
Josh Seiden & I are thrilled to announce the launch of Sense & Respond Press. Our newest venture, Sense & Respond Press, publishes short, beautiful, actionable books by leading...
View ArticleMinimum Viable Conversation
Sense & Respond Press is thrilled to announce the launch of our second book, Making Progress: The 7 Responsibilities of the Innovation Leader by Ryan Jacoby. This concise, beautiful, actionable...
View ArticleOffice Hours: A New Way to Collaborate
Over the past several years, as I’ve been building my coaching and consulting business, I’ve received a lot of feedback from teams who, for one reason or another, were not in a position to take...
View ArticleNo amount of technology will make you “digital”
The next Sense & Respond Press book (our fourth) is going to be Lateral Leadership: A practical guide to managing agile teams by Tim Herbig.Sometimes you’re not in a position of authority yet you...
View ArticleThe executive’s secret weapon to agility
Last month our webinar featured Tim Herbig, Sense & Respond press author of Lateral Leadership. Tim discussed ways to lead even if you’re not the boss. Watch now.This post was originally published...
View ArticleDefining value: the most ambiguous word in product development
One of my favourite questions to ask any new client is, “How do you measure success?” I pose this question to product teams, discipline heads and executives to understand what the organisation values...
View ArticleWhy does every project have to be Agile these days?
Truly agile teams enjoy the ability, desire and safety to respond to change over following a plan.
View ArticleVelocity should be renamed “future tech debt”
(Want to get this article in your inbox? I publish one article a month and share it in my newsletter first. You can sign up here and join 14k other subscribers.) Hey folks - Two weeks ago I found...
View ArticleIkigai – a formula for successful agile team leadership
There's more to team leadership than just shipping it. What's your team's reason for being?
View ArticleWithout psychological safety there is no learning and there is no agility
If teams don’t feel safe sharing what they’ve learned, they’ll never be agile. Psychological safety ensures teams doing discovery can implement the feedback they learn in the process anda truly be agile.
View ArticleAre product managers really the CEO’s of their product? 5 product leaders...
“Unless you’re the founder and the product manager at the same time, you are not the CEO of anything.”
View ArticleForever Employable Webinar: Storytelling as a competitive advantage with Bill...
Elite speaking coach Bill Smartt and I spend an hour discussing how to tell a compelling story, even from your home office.
View ArticleHiring and retention is not HR’s responsibility. It’s yours.
It's easy to blame HR for your team's shortfalls. In the end though, it's your fault and responsibilty.
View ArticleHow to get executive buy-in for Agile using two popular product development...
One of the most common complaints from teams going through an agile transformation is that their bosses don’t get it. The teams are asked to change how they work but the demands coming from...
View ArticleHumility is the key to agile culture
Humility is the key to leading and building agile teams and organizations. Here’s why.
View ArticleInspect and adapt, with respect
We all know go to the gemba tell us to go and see and we inspect and adapt. But there’s another part to it — showing respect to the people we seek to improve. Here’s why.
View ArticleFast food vs long-term nourishment: which digital transformation diet is...
Your company’s digital transformation diet should consist of a mix of fast food type trainings and long-term transformation diets supported by coaches. Here’s why. The post Fast food vs long-term...
View ArticleCustomer value and business value are the same thing
Successful businesses know that making the customer happy is their only concern. Here's why. The post Customer value and business value are the same thing appeared first on Jeff Gothelf.
View ArticleWhat is Agile?
You can laud the idea and still be critical of the implementation. That is the true spirit of Agile. Here’s how I came around to this idea. The post What is Agile? appeared first on Jeff Gothelf.
View ArticleWhy are you working on that?
Shared purpose and alignment come from a broad understanding of strategy. Here’s how to help your teams know why they are doing their work. The post Why are you working on that? appeared first on Jeff...
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