Category: Leadership

Catalyzing Leadership with the help of Liberating Structures

ByAndrew's Agile February 10, 2021 0 Comments
What's one way in which we might catalyze and amplify the leadership in our organization? Not just "big L" leadership (the leadership associated with position and role in the organization) but "leaderfulness" or "small l" leadership (leadership as an everywhere phenomenon)? Today I'm drawing on two main sources, and working with one small piece of how the two together can help in this catalyzing...

Standing for the Gap

ByAndrew's Agile December 3, 2020 0 Comments
Who are you as a leader? Who are you as a transformation leader? “Who am I as a transformation leader?” – this was the question put to me and the other participants in the wrap-up of Michael Hamman’s and Michael Spayd’s Enterprise Coach Mastercamp. Together, we had journeyed through different lenses for making sense of the organization, its leaders, its systems, and the...

On Agile2019

ByAndrew's Agile August 15, 2019 0 Comments
I spent the week of August 5th at Agile2019… my first time at this conference. I left the conference energized, excited, and exhausted. I am grateful for the rich content from the many presenters, the connections made (both new and renewed), and the collaboration that created this experience. As I reflect on the week, I wanted to take a moment to explore some key takeaways from the...

Accountability and Commitment

ByAndrew's Agile June 21, 2016 0 Comments
Accountability and commitment. We hear these words a lot in the business and Agile world, but what do they mean, and how do we do them well? Accountability We've all seen instances of "accountability" in the form of blaming and shaming: ("Whose fault is it?" and "What were you thinking?) These are the forms that accountability takes in a fear-based organization. The blaming and shaming approach...