Posts filed under: Leadership

SPaMCAST 624 – Grateful and Servant Leadership Combined, Our Stories Aren’t Getting Done!, Essays and Conversations

Software Process and Measurement Cast 624 is structured a little differently. We begin with the conclusion of a three-column arc on grateful leadership from Susan Parente’s Not A Scrumdamentalist Column.... Read More

Legitimacy and Agile Transformations

One of the classic change anti-patterns from time immemorial is the pronouncement from on high that “we are going to be  _____” — you fill in the blank. I have... Read More

People Are Our Greatest Assets: A Tame Rant In Two Flavors

A few weeks ago long before the sun came up this morning I heard three phrases uttered by the same person in a five-minute block of time. I added my... Read More

Attributes Of An Enlightened-ish Leader

When adopting any method or framework (e.g. Scrum, lean, orTameFlow), organizations need a leader that believes in both the journey and the destination. The recent thread on enlightened self-interest and... Read More

Enlightened Self-interest: Are Agile Leaders Enlightened?

I grew up singing Monty Python’s Philosopher’s Drinking song (YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9SqQNgDrgg) so of course, I read most great philosophers. The song was funnier, but the ideas of Kant, Nietzsche, Plato,... Read More

Enlightened Self-Interest

As a change agent, coach, and guide I often help find how a change will benefit the people that management is asking to change. I have often heard that you... Read More