Cultivating Agile Leaders with Bill Joiner

“The way we’ve been leading is not going to serve us in today’s environment much less in tomorrow’s environment.”  In today’s complex environment the pace of change is accelerating AND we are more interconnected than ever. This is spurring an evolution in...
The Biggest Obstacles to OKR Implementation

The Biggest Obstacles to OKR Implementation

A client recently asked me for a list of “what could go wrong” as his company begins OKR implementation. Here’s what I shared with him: Confusing Outputs with Outcomes This is the #1 toughest lesson to learn, and easier said than done.  An “output” is the completion...
12 Principles of Strategic Agility

12 Principles of Strategic Agility

At Agile Strategies we apply the lessons of both Agile software development and organizational learning to the whole enterprise, particularly the process of formulating and deploying strategy. Here are the guiding principles we work with: #1: Sense and respond  An...
Strategic Cadence

Strategic Cadence

A few years back I took up cycling, after not having ridden a bike since I was in junior high school.  Boy have things changed! I learned a principle I had never heard of back when I rode my 3-speed Schwinn Tiger to school.  It’s called cadence.   A modern bike is...