Leading modern tribes
. The message in November’s reading list pick, “Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don’t” by Simon Sinek is hopefully not
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Insights, tips, and lessons learned transforming complex systems.
9 signs your project needs a systems engineer
You have a tight budget and looming deadlines. You need to act quickly to solve problems and launch new products and businesses. There’s no time for
Identifying portfolio gaps: A VA case study
In honor of Veteran’s Day, I thought I’d share an example of a way to organize your portfolio, using the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
The portfolio view that you’re probably missing
If you’re trying to improve a complex system, business, or product, you probably have a backlog of items you want to work on. Requests that
Witches, demons, and pseudoscience
Halloween and el Día de los Muertos are almost upon us so it’s the time of the year when reality, imagination, and folklore mix to
15 marketing channels for intrapreneurs
Intrapreneurs build new value within organizations. They envision how things could be different and pull in the resources to make it happen. While it can
Signals and noise in complex systems
Working with (and within) dynamic and complex systems, we often need to forecast what could happen in the future, so we know what decisions to make
Surviving & thriving in organizational hierarchies
Complex systems always come with organizational hierarchies, whether they match the official org charts or not. Humans just naturally form into tribes and hierarchies when
How to customize your job (without quitting)
September marks the beginning of a season of changes and fresh starts. Unfortunately, most day jobs usually don’t shift gears when the leaves change colors. If
Building resilient enterprises
We’re back to discussing books on the reading list, digging into the August pick, “The Resilient Enterprise: Overcoming vulnerability for competitive advantage” by Yossi Sheffi.
Introducing the Enterprise Design Sprints Facilitator’s Guide
After weeks of prep I’m excited to introduce the Enterprise Design Sprints Facilitator’s Guide! Check out this video walkthrough for more details!
Systems behind the Olympics
We’re in the first week of the 2016 Rio Olympics so I thought it would be fun to take a deeper look at the systems