Balancing Creativity and Efficiency
Creativity and efficiency exist in balance in dual-track agile. Discovery provides time for experimentation reducing risk and ambiguity while improving alignment. #dualtrackagile #polaritythinking
Articles and Posts
Insights on leadership, technology, and human-centered strategy, originally shared on LinkedIn and expanded for deeper exploration.
Balancing Short and Long Term Value in Dual-Track Agile Product Development
In my experience, Dual-Track Agile Product Development is about balancing the discovery and delivery processes. I believe that by pursuing discovery continuously while delivering, we can reduce risks and improve alignment. This approach not only helps us meet immediate objectives but also ensures we create long-term value for our users and stakeholders. It's a delicate dance of creativity and efficiency that I find essential for successful product teams.
Enhancing Team Collaboration Through Conversations
I use 1:1 conversations with our team coaches to create space for them to problem solve while I gather information, to re-engage in hands-on work, and be a connector across teams. () #RemoteLeadership,#TeamManagement,#RemoteWork,#ContinuousImprovement
Showcasing Team Successes in Town Halls
Giving teams time to showcase their work and successes with each other during our monthly town halls creates a fulfilling way to share information. This has been so successful, we’ve begun sharing off-cycle in videos. (https://buff.ly/3zx2i0Q) #RemoteLeadershipm#TeamManagement,#RemoteWork,#EmployeeEngagement
Insights from Remote Strategy Sessions
As a leader of a remote first organization, attending each of our team’s recurring strategy sessions gives me context on every project in flight. (https://buff.ly/3zx2i0Q) #RemoteLeadership,#VirtualGemba,#EffectiveCommunication,#AgileLeadership
Enhancing Remote Team Support
Recreating aspects of Gemba (現場) with our teams despite our remote world makes me more effective in my support for them and helps me identify areas for improvement. (https://buff.ly/3zx2i0Q) #RemoteLeadership,#VirtualGemba,#TeamManagement,#AgileLeadership
Embracing a Learning Mindset
My founder and direct reports are at this moment discussing my talent review - my assessed proficiency in capabilities essential to our business and the CEO role. My mantra is embrace a learning mindset and trust in my resilience. I accept anxiety and dread as givens of who I am.
Measuring Success for Strategic Influence
Make success visible. Make visible success measurable. Use measurable success to influence strategy. Use influence on strategy to create more beneficial outcomes (dollars and impact for people)
Reflections on Managerial Changes in Football
I watch premier league football. Thinking about managerial sackings and what that says about the time it takes to build something, the constant cycle of team formation and renewal, external disruptions and competition, and the challenge of performing while all this is happening.
Facing Economic Challenges with Technology
I’d rather face a economic downturn and a potentially disruptive technology (LLM) than just a downturn.
The Joy of Laughter at Work
Taking stock of how often I laugh out loud when I work with my fellow Striders… it’s a lot.
Embracing Remote Gemba Leadership
Remote Gemba: Gemba (現場) is a leadership philosophy that values being physically present where the work is done. As an executive leader in a remote world, I am adapting by attending recurring strategy sessions, setting clear goals, enabling teams to share their achievements, connecting with people one on one, and by coaching coaches. #RemoteLeadership,#VirtualGemba,#TeamManagement,#AgileLeadership