Why We Still Need Roles ? Flow !
I am not a fan of roles, well at least not a fan of how big corporates use them – like a blunt instrument to keep people in a pre-defined [...]
Creating Collaboration & Autonomy
One of the big reasons why I started Deeply Agile is that the processes and concepts around Agile just don’t seem to be enough to shift people & spaces out [...]
And That is How Leaders Create Compliance, Thinking it is Great Leadership
LEADER (as a participant in the room), " So we all agree it is....." or the faster, "Does everyone agree ?" ROOM ..... some nods, mostly that suspicious silence that [...]
Listen to my Talk from Agile Africa 2017 on Agile Leadership Labs
Alomgside all the other talks from Agile Africa 2017, my talk is now available on YouTube. I was talking about my passion, creating spaces where people are able to shift [...]
Unilateral Control isn’t Restricted to Leaders…
We tend to think of command and control (unilateral control) as something that only leaders live. The language we use re-in forces this belief, especially as the values that Roger [...]
Scrum Gathering Here I Come!
It seems to be the year for me to speak at conferences. Agile Africa went really well and the topic seems to be connecting well into a new direction for [...]
A New Way of Using Information – Distributed Intelligence
"Could the next leap in evolution arise out of a shift in identification, in which we shed the story of battling for supremacy and move instead to playing our role [...]
Agile 2017 : Talking About Agile/ Servant Leadership
If you have been wondering what I am talking about with Agile/ Servant Leadership and Leadership Labs, I will be one of the speakers on this topic. Dates are August [...]
Why You Need a Permanent, Internal Leadership Lab!
I facilitate our internal 3 day workshop on Agile Leadership (Servant Leadership based in Roger Schwartz’s book, The Skilled Facilitator ). For one of our bigger programs (around 200 people [...]
You aren’t looking in the right place – The power you have to change the world!
We all know the quote, be the Change. It is quite tired and hauled out regularly to inspire us workers. Ghandi's actual words are quite different and perhaps more powerful, [...]