Agile
Agile Leadership Crosses Cultures
Something I’ve found interesting for the almost-decade I’ve been teaching the principles is how agile leadership crosses cultures – but not always without adjustments. I was particularly interested to see…
Read MoreConnecting Strategy to The Future with Strategic Foresight
Why Modern Telescopes—and Leaders—Depend on Signal Scanning True confession: until not that long ago, I thought telescopes were by definition something you look through to view something far away. So…
Read MoreBoosting institutional effectiveness in Michigan
Northern Michigan University has leaned into agile tools to help jump-start a new strategic plan as well as tackle some processes that needed attention.
Read MorePicking the Right Agile Strategy Tools
Have you ever watched a renovation show and headed right to the home improvement store when the credits rolled? It’s easy to be sucked in by what seems to be…
Read MoreBridging Continents: Agile Strategy Lab’s Australian Odyssey 2024
Embarking on a transformative journey, the Agile Strategy Lab recently traveled to Australia to deepen our global mission of cultivating agile leadership and strategic collaboration. This expedition was a profound…
Read MorePlugging 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…
Read MoreKeeping 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…
Read MoreCollaborate 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…
Read More5 Ways to Be an Agile Leader
Leadership can feel like an endless journey in putting out fires: circumstances can change at a moment’s notice. Here are 5 ways to be an agile leader: Use cognitive diversity…
Read MoreWhy experiments are part of agile strategy
Experiments make people nervous, at least outside of a science lab. They feel too risky to have a place in the serious business of strategy development and implementation. But in…
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