LeSS Talks: Using System Thinking & Modelling to Solve Tough Organizational Problems, with Gene Gendel

  Graphic Materials Used:        The following challenges were touched upon: In a rush, to become agile, did your organization adopt an “operating model”, by incorrectly copy-pasting something that has been well known in the industry for year but required a much deeper understanding, before implementing? In a rush, to become product-centric … Read more

Avoid False Equivalency In Selecting Your Guides

Below, are a few BIG questions, for C-level executives that control org. design decisions, budgets, and HR: Why did your agile transformation come to a halt? Why did not your product operating model work, as expected? Why does everything look like an agile theater/circus, with a lot of ‘transactional activities’ but no ROI? In order … Read more

Agile Theater Chaos

Tweet LinkedIn discussion Welcome to the ‘AGILE THEATHER CHAOS’ meeting! This is a typical situation at a large corporation or government agency that is trying to ‘finish doing agile by EoY, to check the box and claim a victory’:   Lots of conflicting priorities, between people that sit above teams and give teams marching orders. … Read more

LeSS Talks: Career Paths on Fire: How Tweaking HR Practices Supercharged Our Scaling Effort

Tweet Do you wish learn about how improved HR norms and policies can further improve your company’s internal dynamics, employees’ relationships, happiness and willingness to stay with the company?  At Y-Soft, people have experimented with improving what has been historically “untouchable” and it made a lot of people happy.  Please play the recording and review Materials/Principles … Read more