Are we paying attention to the important human factors of coherence, psychological safety, and trust that connect us in the virtual and physical spaces where we gather? In July, agile42 coach Michèle Twomey, alongside our special guest Sonja Blignaut from More Beyond, explored this question and some of the hybrid models we are testing that enable essential human contact during agile transitions.
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Our long-time partner, Sonja Blignaut from More Beyond, shares her insights on human factors within the realm of "complexity". She addresses the notion that, if we force too much change on people, we compromise their sense of coherence. Ultimately we need to think about limiting the change in progress, the same way we limit work in progress within agile transformations.
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agile42 coach, Michéle Twomey, kicks off this two-part series on "Human Factors in Agile Transformations". In this video interview, Michéle gives us her take on Gerald M. Weinberg's statement: “all problems are people problems”. She also delves into what human factors one needs to consider in agile transformations as well as her sources of inspiration in her own journey of understanding human factors.
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In this Q&A style webinar, agile42 coach Martin von Weissenberg, alongside our special guest Dave Snowden, Founder and Chief Scientific Officer at Cognitive Edge, discuss the way agile and digitilisation are intertwined, and why it’s misleading to think of digitalisation as a one-time “transformation”.
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For the month of June, we've teamed up with our partner, Dave Snowden, Founder and Chief Scientific Officer of Cognitive Edge. In Part 2, Dave explains the role Agile plays in a digital transformation and potential organisational implications. He also examines the social-human impact of such changes.
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Part 1 of our monthly theme, “Digital Transformation”, kicks off with agile42 coach, Martin von Weissenberg. In his latest video interview, Martin explores what is a digital transformation and why it is necessary. Delving also into the organizational implications of a digital transformation.
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The theme for the month of May was "Product Ownership". In this Q&A-styled session, agile42 coaches Daniel Lynn and Lothar Fischmann, shared their thoughts and experience on "What makes a great Product Owner?". Watch the recording of the live session here.
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In Part 2 of our series on "What makes a great Product Owner?", agile42 coach Lothar Fischmann, looks at why having a Product Vision is so important for a Product Owner and what we can learn from “Shark Tank”.
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In this interview, agile42 coach and trainer Daniel Lynn, looks at what makes a great Product Owner, including reminding the team that you're in this together and when we don't have all the solutions, it is ok to say "I don't know".
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In Part 2 of our "Leading Remotely" theme, ORGANIC agility® leadership coach Andrea Tomasini, shares his insights of the effect the COVID-19 pandemic has had on organisations, addressing why some companies have fared better. He also gives tips on how leaders can increase effectiveness when working remotely whilst finding ways to reduce stress levels amongst employees.
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