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Here's a big challenge in the industry. On one hand you have simple frameworks. Yesterday's post on Drivers, Limiting Constraints, Floats, and Enabling…
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Just kidding with the title. There are no secrets or magic potions. Doing the hard work below helps improve the probability of a better outcome though.…
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Does your role involve being an "integrator" across teams? Supporting. Connecting. Cohering. Resolving. Balancing. Listening. Translating. Absorbing. I…
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I am a big believer in teams having a suitably detailed, one year rolling roadmap at the ready. The trick? Suitably detailed roadmap items. Think of it…
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If you don't slow down to speed up, something will force you to slow down. And it will not be on your terms. This happens with individuals when they di…
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(Twitter is great. This week I had some great back and forths with Jacob Singh about normalizing being idle. He cranked out a wonderful post that you s…
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You may be in the throes of annual planning right now. If so, you likely spent the last nine months heads down. On cue, you were expected to have a gra…
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I’ve been deep in workshop mode lately at the day-job. Between 3-8 workshops a week. If I haven’t replied to you yet about the offer I sent out a coupl…
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Quick post this week. You run a catering business. You're asked to cater a wedding. Would you use the same process to cater a wedding that you use to c…
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In this post I am going to try something a bit different. I am going to: Share boards inspired by real world teams (I see lots of boards) Share what I …
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Short post this week. Doing a webinar tomorrow morning on OKRs and the North Star Framework. It’ll be recorded. Here's a shortcut I use to help teams z…
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If anyone is interested in OKRs, the North Star Framework, and/or connecting everyday work to the big picture… I'm doing a free presentation and Q&A on…
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