Recent Blog Posts
Third Thursday: Rhegan (Zavala) Derfus
Experience with the Douglas Area and Food Insecurity https://vimeo.com/932296258 About Our Third Thursday Guest: Rhegan (Zavala) Derfus Rhegan Derfus brings over 14 years of experience in Cochise County, Arizona, where...
Maintaining long-term motivation
The Sisyphean Challenge of Team Leadership Maybe you remember Sisyphus from mythology - the guy who had to push the boulder uphill, only to have it tumble down as he...
Third Thursday – March 21st, 2024
Speaker: Rhegan Derfus Topic: Experience with the Douglas area and food Insecurity. Bio Rhegan Derfus, IBCLC, MSW AZ Health Program Coordinator in Cochise and Santa Cruz Counties, Arizona Univeristy of...
Third Thursday – Special Edition – Matt Pfahlert – ACRE
https://player.vimeo.com/video/915340123?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0&badge=0&autopause=0&player_id=0&app_id=58479 About Our Third Thursday Guest: Matt Pfahlert Matt Pfahlert is the co-founder and CEO of the Australian Centre for Rural Entrepreneurship (Acre). A passionate advocate for rural community rejuvenation, Matt...
Third Thursday – February 2024 – Doug Dunston
Balancing Structure and Autonomy for Optimal Team Performance https://player.vimeo.com/video/915329632?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0&badge=0&autopause=0&player_id=0&app_id=58479 About Our Third Thursday Guest: Doug Dunston Doug, our esteemed main speaker, brings a rich background in strategic processes and team...
Third Thursday – February 15th, 2024
Speaker: Doug Dunston Topic: Motivation and Teams Bio: Doug, a Fellow of the Strategic Doing Institute, is an educator, coach, facilitator, writer, and conductor with a deep technical and artistic background....
Plugging the “ingenuity gap”
A few years ago, there was a growing buzz about the "ingenuity gap." The question posed by author Thomas Homer-Dixon was whether the world's problems have outstripped our ability as...
Keeping your skills relevant as the world moves agile
The Rise of Agile Skills In the modern workplace, agility has become a keyword for success. As "Agile" becomes increasingly prevalent in job descriptions and performance reviews, the quest for...
Third Thursday – January 2024 – Mark Robinson
Embarking on a Journey of Lean Process Improvement https://player.vimeo.com/video/912269562?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0&badge=0&autopause=0&player_id=0&app_id=58479 About Our Third Thursday Guest: Mark Robinson Mark Robinson is the managing director of St. Andrew's Lean Consulting, with over 15...
What does Lean mean?
What does Lean mean? What does Lean stand for? What’s it all about? Good questions. To begin, ‘Lean’ is not an abbreviation, an acronym, or an initialism. Okay, so what...
Collaborate to Innovate: Mastering Process Collaboration in the Agile Era
Understanding Process Collaboration Establishing a practice of Process Collaboration is a growing method for how work needs to be accomplished when a cross-functional team or a work area with multiple...
Revisiting S-Curves
Rethinking S-Curves has been on my mind lately. One of the most enjoyable parts of my work at the Agile Strategy Lab is working with Strategic Doing practitioners who are...
