Stories become the groundwork for positive change. Systems thinking builds powerful process and change on accepted stories about how we work, how we’d like to work, and the challenges of getting from one to the other. A good story, especially one that strikes home, can be particularly disarming. You are drawn into it. Probable? MORE >>

In his post, Chris addresses one of the whitepaper's central points - that businesses today need the ability to rapidly respond to major changes within the business context.  Tonianne and I just completed a new whitepaper as part of our association with Hinchcliffe and Company.  Rapid experimentation with data leads to invention." Managemen MORE >>

Whereas context shifts over time for people, what seems important to them also changes. Planning and prioritizing is a wicked problem that has plagued humankind since time immemorial. Corey Ladas Human beings want three things in life: sex, money, and effective prioritization. The tasks on the cardwall have a shape or a volume. MORE >>

While well-intentioned, agile methodologies  have not appreciably changed this process. I’ve managed a lot of projects. tried to count them – I can’t.  What does this mean? As the science of project management  evolves, we are clearly learning that managing based on guess work is a recipe for consistent failure. Let’s examine these: 1. MORE >>

This little change allowed us to create a much more systemic view of each of these previously siloed sections and, therefore, build more holistic and sustainable programs in the future. We need to take a regular regimen of red pills to remove ourselves from the system we are actively studying and change our perceptions. MORE >>