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Issue 128  22nd April 2018

How to mess up your agile transformation in seven easy steps

My comments: Great article by McKinsey, also relevant local commentary made by ClearPoint in an NBR article.

My two tests for an organisation that talks about being agile is: 1. Can they live with the state of its never completely done and more importantly 2. Will the culture and senior management buy into a state of ‘continuous implmentation’ does it have the resilience and buyin to achieve this.

Within Lightwire we run an Agile model - the transformation to the business in adopting this with our Devlopment, Rural and Marketing teams has been significant!

mckinsey.com

How to Solicit Negative Feedback When Your Manager Doesn’t Want to Give It

... say that they crave negative feedback from their managers in order to improve in their jobs, grow their careers, and achieve better business results. However, when it comes to soliciting negative feedback, they find that their managers would rather dismiss, deny, or delay it rather than speak directly, truthfully, and immediately about what isn’t working and what needs to change.

hbr.org

To Understand the Future of Tesla, Look to the History of GM

The entrepreneur who founded and grew the largest startup in the world to $10 billion in revenue and got fired is someone you have probably never heard of. The guy who replaced him invented the idea of the modern corporation. If you want to understand the future of Tesla, and Elon Musk’s role in it — something many are keen to do, given the spate of negative headlines about the company — you should start with a bit of automotive history from the 20th century.

hbr.org

People Who Have “Too Many Interests” Are More Likely To Be Successful According To Research

The most comprehensive case that has ever been made for why nearly everyone should become a polymath in a modern knowledge economy.

medium.com

How to Apply the Scrum Framework to Personal Projects

Even if you dont want to plan better this could be a good article to read, even to get some insight as what Scrum framework is and learn more about Agile.

zapier.com
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