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Agile from the bottom up?

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Disclaimer:  Do not lock your executives up in a vault!  Do not try this at home!  https://www.itnews.com.au/news/bankwest-shut-senior-leaders-in-a-vault-to-agree-on-agile-515499 Bankwest has revealed how it put 20 of its most influential and senior leaders in an old bank vault to get them onboard with agile and stop blocking its progress.

Agile Coach or Used Car Salesman?

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Being "Intellectually Honest" is not only a key Agile behavior, it's just good human behavior, and we can only coach the willing. Coaches and Scrum Masters - if you are starting to feel yourself slipping into "selling" Agile to your team or organization, you're probably in the wrong organization. Organizations - if your Coach/Scrum Master presents you with the facts and data and you are not convinced or at least willing to give it an honest try, you are probably a 'laggard' on the Rogers Adoption Curve , and you probably are not ready for Agile. And as far as 'selling' Agile, keep in mind that you can't want more for someone than they want for themselves, and if they don't see the value or feel this is the 'flavor of the month' management fad, no amount of selling will change that. "Never attempt to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and annoys the pig" - Robert Heinlein

More on Emotional Intelligence

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Interesting summary on Visual Capitalist on the subject... http://www.visualcapitalist.com/emotional-intelligence/?fbclid=IwAR1sQ883ftetU7fssIsCJJEgrNMTXFhrPRh5SDkp2gk008VYH_YfSk4Flr8

More on Servant Leadership...

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Although we "beat the servant leadership drum" quote a bit around here, it's such an important topic...

The Things We Can't Measure

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Ten Things that Require ZERO Talent

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The Hero's Journey? - 12 Stages of Agile Transformation

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Thank you to one of my favorite new Agile-ists, David Perino for finding this one from our old friend from Forbes magazine, Steve Denning... https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevedenning/2018/11/04/the-twelve-stages-of-the-agile-transformation-journey/#538633cb3dd4