Finding Joy in My Work Journey
To do my work with passion, I try to take more joy in what is going well and hope for what will go better than regret at what is not. That’s in aggregate. In the moment, I feel what I feel.
Articles and Posts
Insights on leadership, technology, and human-centered strategy, originally shared on LinkedIn and expanded for deeper exploration.
Mastering Sociocracy Consent Process
Sociocracy consent process will take practice. Biggest learning this time is how critical proposal scope is to success. I also need repetition to better parse the boundaries between approval, consent and objection.
Embracing Mistakes on the Journey
There’s a contrail of mistakes forming behind me as I play my role in our business. I own the impact of that, embrace the learning it represents, and carry on to our destination.
First Experiment with Sociocratic Consent
Today is our first experiment with sociocratic consent. Fasten your seatbelts, it’s going to be a bumpy ride.
Understanding Accountability in Teams
So, how do I explain individual accountability and shared responsibility within self-organizing, cross functional business teams?
Embracing Change Through Principles
It delights me how a guiding principle followed to its logical conclusion challenges me to momentus change.
Reflecting on Agile Leadership
Attending the #agilefluency gathering while reflecting on my first quarter running our business has given me direction for how we need to change to honor our values. #agilebossanova
Embracing Change and Accountability
Asserting a change is terrifying. If it doesn’t work, it’s your fault. If you just don’t, it’s half plausibly the world’s fault. But then mediocrity isn’t anywhere on my bucket list and my title isn’t chief victim of circumstance.
Balancing Too Much at Once
We are trying to do too much. But are we someone boarding a train with one foot on the platform, another on the step, wishing we had a third leg so we could step into the car?
The Importance of Strategy in Leadership
Turns out my leadership team is hobbled building our 2020 plan unless we (mostly I) assert a strategy, concrete three year goal, and resonating language for our mission and values. So, the business books are right. Who knew…
The Importance of Keeping Promises
My job is to make and live up to my promises. So, I focus them on things that earn trust and enable safety for our people or that are otherwise foundational to our business. I will make mistakes but I cannot squander a promise.
Embracing Empathy and Constructive Conflict
We embrace empathy and kindness but expect more and engage in constructive conflict. Too eager compromise won’t build an aspirational company.