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Q&A on the Book Leading with Uncommon Sense

The book Leading with Uncommon Sense by Wiley Davi and Duncan Spelman questions typical- and for many leaders familiar- approaches to leadership. It challenges "common sense” mainstream thinking about leadership and provides alternatives that require slowing down, engaging with our emotions, paying close attention to social identities, and embracing complexity.

Ben Linders Wiley Davi Duncan Spelman
on Oct 16, 2020
Culture & Methods

Exchange Cybernetics: towards a Science of Agility & Adaptation

Agility can become part of a scientific theory of adaptation. The capacity for adaptation is nothing more than the ability to move resources around in order to take opportunities as they emerge. This article describes the ingredients of an agile theory of adaptation and provides examples for how to do tactical planning in order to execute agility.

Adam Timlett
on Sep 02, 2020
Culture & Methods

Q&A on the Book The Science of Organizational Change

In The Science of Organizational Change, Paul Gibbons challenges existing theories and tools of change management and debunks management myths. He explores going from a change management to a change-agility paradigm and provides 21st-century research on behavioral science, that affects topics such as project planning, change strategy, business-agility, and change leadership in a VUCA world.

Ben Linders Paul Gibbons
on Apr 23, 2020
Culture & Methods

Q&A on the Book Unleashing the Power of Diversity

The book Unleashing the Power of Diversity by Bjørn Z. Ekelund describes the Diversity Icebreaker, an experiential communication exercise where people learn about themselves and others. The differences are named Red, Blue and Green, a language of diversity that is relevant for interaction, problem solving, giving feedback, and creating inclusiveness and trust.

Ben Linders Bjørn Ekelund
on Feb 19, 2020
Culture & Methods

Psychological Safety: Models and Experiences

This paper discusses psychological safety that refers to a climate in which people are comfortable being (and expressing) themselves. A proposed model (called S.A.F.E.T.Y.) is discussed briefly, and the article proposes a path to how we can use this model in agile adoptions related to teams and organizations.

Fabio Armani Giulia Armani
on Oct 18, 2019
Culture & Methods

Q&A on the Book Helping People Change

The book Helping People Change by Richard Boyatzis, Melvin Smith, and Ellen Van Oosten describes how you can coach people with compassion for sustained learning and change. It explains how connecting to people's vision and dreams and using the energy that that brings can help people grow in a meaningful way.

Ben Linders Richard Boyatzis Melvin Smith Ellen Van Oosten
on Sep 12, 2019
DevOps

Q&A on the Book Accelerate: Building and Scaling High Performance Technology Organizations

The book Accelerate: Building and Scaling High Performance Technology Organizations by Nicole Forsgren, Jez Humble, and Gene Kim, explores the factors that impact software delivery performance and describes capabilities and practices that help to achieve higher levels of throughput, stability, and quality.

Ben Linders Jez Humble Dr. Nicole Forsgren
on Jun 07, 2018
Culture & Methods

Improving Corporate Cognitive Performance in IT Organisations

The biggest tool in the software engineer’s toolkit is the brain, yet few organisations go out of their way to educate and create the conditions in which the brain can work at its best. Explore the different domains of the brain and their links to the performance of software engineers and see what organisations can do to create workplaces that propagate advanced levels of cognitive performance.

Andrew Mawson
on Sep 12, 2017
Culture & Methods

The Role and Importance of Communication in Post-Hierarchical Leadership

Communication is important in a modern, post-hierarchical business. Based on theoretical and empirical research which analysed the role of internal corporate communications in a post-hierarchic leadership system, this article explores fundamentals of post-hierarchic management and leadership and underlines how corporate communications can act as a catalyst to foster and enable such a new paradigm.

Tyrone Castelanelli
on Jul 28, 2017
Big Data and IT-Enabled Services: Ecosystem and Coevolution?

In this article, based on a research study, author presents big data as a service-oriented and evolutionary case of disruptive IT-enabled services (IESs) rather than as datasets. Big data services emerge from combining diverse resources from an ecosystem of technologies, market needs, social actors, and other institutional contexts.

Bongsug (Kevin) Chae
on Jun 13, 2015
Q and A on The Scrum Culture

Dominik Maximini researched the cultural aspects of organizations that are using Scrum. He published the findings of his research, together with principles for implementing Scrum and suggestions on how to apply these principles and a case study of a Scrum transformation, in the book The Scrum Culture.

Ben Linders
on May 20, 2015
Q&A on the Book More Fearless Change

The book More Fearless Change: Strategies for Making Your Ideas Happen by Mary Lynn Manns and Linda Rising provides patterns that can be used to drive change in organizations in a sustainable way. It contains updated descriptions of the 48 patterns from the book Fearless Change and provides 15 new patterns.

Ben Linders
on May 19, 2015