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- quotable_quotes_list.old
- , and finally, by a test campaign. And that's the way to answer them not by arguments around a table.” ... elopment Flow” * “Standing still is the fastest way of moving backwards in a rapidly changing world.”... rst principles rather than by analogy. The normal way we conduct our lives is we reason by analogy. [Wi... hard job. Because a lazy person will find an easy way to do it.” — Bill Gates * “The only way to cont
- thinking_in_bets_-_annie_duke
- sion traps, learn from results in a more rational way, and keep emotions out of the process as much as ... r decisions. The challenge is not to change the way our brains operate but to figure out how to work ... ough, that we actually form abstract beliefs this way: We hear something; We believe it to be true; Onl... currently hold, is not naturally supported by the way we process information. We might think of ourselv
- enterprise_lean-agile_coach_course
- lignment is not one time deal Learning - but in a way that is controlled Alignment on model is not enough - Need feedback Else will grow in way that does not reflect reality Defn A learning o... before we do research when it should be the other way around - do research first, then do the plan. *... s own empirical cycle) * Practice is made up of ways of thinking (practice specific mental model) and
- how_do_we_overcome_i_win_you_lose_type_thinking_to_open_organization_to_learning
- through an understanding of why people think the way they do, the problems traditional thinking causes... ions and conducts experiments. Of course in many ways this is all a lead up. In the final analysis we ... ver problems and learn new things, and figure out ways to get better. This thinking should also support... instead of posturing? What we need is to better way to deal with ambiguity by becoming more explicit
- devops_for_the_agile_enterprise
- ences include: * CALMS (or rather SMALC as the way to present this as Culture comes last) vs SAFe (C... e words in business: 'we have always done it that way'" — Unknown ====== Actions ====== * Good star... ash Goal: New code has opportunity to go all the way to release. Difference between development and o... rapidly, frequently, and more reliably." No one way of doing it. ==== Why is DevOps Important ====
- what_inbuilt_biases_do_we_have_that_impede_good_decision_making
- idea that sometimes our brains operate in such a way that we make poor decisions which in turn means t... sed by the fact that your brain is getting in the way. Not only is it hard to learn new tricks [[why_is... ile So Hard?]] but also our brains are wired in a way which actually gets in the way of being successful. For example, most of us believe that we apply log
- how_does_a_team_initially_get_control_of_work
- ent where we try to help the team work in the new way and begin to get their work under control. =====... Team works on it". In the final analysis the only way to improve our work is to build up a complete pic... ontrol of the work and start operating in the new way. These “guiding principles” help us to get things under control. And as you operate in the new ways some of these guiding principles will seem less
- leadership_delegates_the_transformation_to_others_anti-pattern
- enior leadership, the pattern will repeat all the way through the various layers of management as they ... nderstanding of how the move to agile affects the way work is executed in the organization, without lin... the organization will naturally fall back to old ways of working resulting in only superficial improve... al mode of operation, they will continue with old ways of working and, worse, will assume that they "ar
- simulating_agile_execution_with_the_ball_point_game
- ing) what it means to execute in an agile (Scrum) way. ====== Setup ====== I introduce the game by sa... vide me with your first estimate. Oh, and by the way, 'no tools' is another rule. You cannot just put ... the balls in a bag and pass the balls around that way." ====== What You'll Need ====== An area big en... | 23| What do we see? - The first sprint was way off in terms of the estimate. Ask the team how th
- turn_the_ship_around_-_a_true_story_of_turning_followers_into_leaders_-_david_marquet
- ns suffer in that people tend to work in the "new way" while the new approach is the "shiny new object"... entation is not really agile at old, just the old way dressed up in new terminology. The changes talked... , and also spread as people who worked in the new way went to other stations. To quote "When the perfor... e worries and begin to attack them." * Act your way to new thinking. For example "Starting condition:
- conflict_resolution_-_daniel_dana
- ve the other(s) as being at fault, and who act in ways that cause a business problem" It takes you thr... the decision-making process in even more serious ways than causing information to be incomplete or unr... d for it. Since we work with people who behave in ways that we perceive as threats to our self-interest... where “We can’t (or perhaps shouldn't) fight our way out of conflict, but we can think our way out of
- how_much_coaching_do_we_really_need
- I did not question this approach. It was just the way things were done. Roll forward a few years and w... n make progress. Again, this just seems to be the way things are done. In some ways this makes sense. When I first did transformation work there was not a ... calm and helping you through the situation. * A way of explaining new concepts that may be difficult
- implementing_beyond_budgeting-_unlocking_the_performance_potential_by_bjarte_bogsnes_-_bjarne_bogsnes
- sn't affect me" when in fact you can stifle a new way of working by not looking at what needs to be changed at higher levels. In many ways the book represents an agile approach to finance... t there is a traditional budgeting process in the way. The following problems are noted with this proce... budget number” is a narrow and often meaningless way of defining performance." The reason this is the
- quotable_quotes_aa
- harlton Ogburn * "I conclude that there are two ways of constructing a software design: One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies and the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no ob... , and finally, by a test campaign. And that's the way to answer them not by arguments around a table.”
- what_kind_of_questions_should_we_ask_if_we_are_hiring_a_coach
- rming well, improving, but have totally different ways of working. Management is asking that work be st... ach to improvement, not a view of right and wrong ways to do something. Or perhaps they are capturing t... n indicator of this. But not everyone learns this way. ====== What Questions Should We Ask Prospective... really been thinking about their coaching in this way. * "If you were to hire a coach, what would you