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A 'who's who' of corporate giants, part of the "Business Roundtable" say giving the shareholder the maximum money at the expense of everyone and everything else is becoming a thing of the past...? The Agile model puts the stakeholder (including the customer) at the center of the equation, not the shareholder, with a key responsibility of the Product Owner to represent ALL stakeholders in a balanced/prioritized fashion. Is this just a Public Relations move, or is there real teeth to this?? Could this be a real move of corporate America towards a more Agile mindset? https://www.fastcompany.com/90391743/top-ceo-group-business-roundtable-drops-shareholder-primacy

Harvard Business Review article - when our brains decide to trust... Agile Principle #5:   Build projects around motivated individuals. Give them the environment and support they need, and trust them to get the job done. Harvard Business Review Article on when our brains decide to trust:     https://hbr.org/2019/07/how-our-brains-decide-when-to-trust Excerpt: Trust is the enabler of global business — without it, most market transactions would be impossible. It is also a hallmark of high-performing organizations. Employees in high-trust companies are more productive, are more satisfied with their jobs, put in greater discretionary effort, are less likely to search for new jobs, and even are healthier than those working in low-trust companies. Businesses that build trust among their customers are rewarded with greater loyalty and higher sales. And negotiators who build trust with each other are more likely to find value...

Thank you  Natalia Babaeva @scrumgenius! https://medium.com/swlh/how-to-explain-agile-and-scrum-to-your-grandpa-in-5-mins-and-to-better-understand-both-yourself-3792748fa085

This should be an interesting one... https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20190809005432/en/Project-Management-Institute-Announces-Acquisition-Disciplined-Agile According to the announcement... " The DA toolkit is the world’s only comprehensive agile body of knowledge (BOK)".   Hmmm... will this be the newer, even more fast food version of SAFe?  Or will PMI get it right? 

In the news recently, JIRA maker Atlassian announced they will no longer be tolerant, nor reward 'brilliant jerks' - those who may be hyper-talented while disregarding or even harming good team dynamics, you can read more about that here: https://www.news.com.au/finance/work/at-work/atlassian-ditches-brilliant-jerks-in-performance-review-overhaul/news-story/82a5e2abba1939f51d68ae81db8f05bd Further, research at Carnegie Mellon shows that a group of team players will always out perform a group if high achieving individuals: https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20190807-the-science-of-creating-a-dream-team This also parallels the ideal that "heroism" in Agile is an Anti-pattern.  What do you think?

https://www.lean.org/LeanPost/Posting.cfm?LeanPostId=1068 A few excerpts: When you think about the systems you need in place for your organization to move forward, consider Gall’s Law: “A complex system that works most likely evolved from a simple system that worked. A complex system designed that way from scratch can never be made to work. You must start over with a simple working system.” ******** Several years ago I met someone who suggested to me that leaders who create joyful environments are invariably systems thinkers. This is juxtaposed with those who try to create hero-based cultures that are laden with personality-based antics rather than simple, measurable systems. ********* This happens all the time in the software industry. We are littered with the A-player myth mentality. If quality sucks, the team let us down. It couldn’t possibly be that we didn’t accurately predict how much work there was before we set the impossible schedule. If the team misses a ...

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/i-like-working-professionals-jason-hornberger-mba Excerpt: The best way to describe any job, which is worth paying money to other people to do, is taking something that is complicated and making it seem easy.  If I would have had the skill to build my own house, I probably would not have paid someone else to do it. If I could cook incredible food and do it in a short time time frame without having to clean it up, I probably would not go out to restaurants. There are lots of examples, but the essence of any service, is taking a task that is complicated or hard or time consuming, and making it look easy. That is why it is worth paying someone else to do it.