With Christmas just around the corner I was able to experience a really nice “Retro”. “Retro” in quotes, as not all elements were there, but in this case that was not so important. What was valuable was the respect shown for work completed by individual team members. This meant a lot of preparation time for … weiterlesen →
Creativity and Intuition
Where do new product ideas come from? Can you just simply create them? I think you can. But you need a certain amount of self-awareness. What do I see in myself, what voices and moods try to tell me something? What are my dreams and what do I do with these dreams? What ideas do … weiterlesen →
Even Dentists have Visions
Recently I talked to my dentist about the software he uses in his practice. Originally it was developed by one of his colleagues collaboratively with a programmer and used only in his own office. But when my dentist was enthusiastically introduced to this visionary software, he immediately knew he also wanted to use this in … weiterlesen →
Our brain has the last word
Day in and day out I deal with change, as the founder and visionary of my own company and as a coach for people who want my support when introducing Scrum or in discovering their new role. In both positions I experience an interesting phenomenon: sometimes unconscious efforts are made against the change that management, … weiterlesen →
What is leadership?
“Leadership is when you take a step and everyone follows you! This saying is especially noticeable when training a horse. A horse has the inborn drive to walk behind a lead horse. This lead horse must be accepted by the other horse as ‘leader’. Even a human can be a type of lead horse, but … weiterlesen →
You can do everything with kanban – even make many mistakes
Recently we went to a meeting of media and software agency user groups, where we were shown their use of agile methods. No big surprise was the story that we have often heard: a big project with a big team, a long running time and several participating companies ran into some problems. They decide to … weiterlesen →
Fun and Games – Productivity Factors for Teams
What makes our organizations so boring? Why do you find such boring, hostile, faceless places even in high tech companies? A little advice in a recent Harvard Business Review made me stop and think about this again. The article says: “Adults are less likely to cheat and more likely to engage in “pro-social” behaviors when … weiterlesen →