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Leveraging discovery and delivery to both meet customer expectations and grow market share avoid building unnecessary features and improve processes and engagement. #dualtrackagile #polaritythinking #productinnovation #businessoutcomes

Pursuing discovery as an ongoing activity while delivering enables product teams to realize the benefits of both without suffering the downside consequences of focusing on one at the expense of the other. Here’s a visualization of the balance. #dualtrackagile #polaritythinking #productinnovation #businessoutcomes

Delivery has a short term focus. Discovery has a longer term focus. Ongoing attention to both time frames better delivers in the short term what creates value for the long term. #dualtrackagile #polaritythinking

Dual track agile balances risk and reward. Discovery involves taking risks and testing new ideas that may or may not work. Delivery leverages established patterns and practices to make predictable and reliable progress. #dualtrackagile #polaritythinking

I encourage people to consider attending the leadership forum community’s forum. July 11-14. Remote and in person attendance. A great community for learning how to apply purpose to practice. Speakers forthcoming.

Creativity and efficiency exist in balance in dual-track agile. Discovery provides time for experimentation reducing risk and ambiguity while improving alignment. #dualtrackagile #polaritythinking

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

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

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

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

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.