M: Hi, Doug. Great to have you in the Leading Complexity program for the fall. You have been a guest with Crisp before, but for those who don´t know you, who are you? D: Thanks, Michael. I am Doug Kirkpatrick. I helped start Morningstar over 30 years ago here in Northern California. Morningstar organized around very simple principles and consequently grew from zero to become the largest processor... Source ..read more

How to prepare and align as a leadership team for a major change in your organization You are a senior leader in your organization, and you are facing some challenges. You have had that slow hunch for some time now that there are plenty of things that are just not right. Things beyond just individual isolated problems. People in your organization often bring up small things that should be looked... Source ..read more

Have you ever wrestled with these questions in a leadership scenario? “How can I get the company to be more proactive and self organized without me being around all the time?” “I’m a practical guy, I get most theories, but what do I do with them?” “What is a good start when we are talking about building an Agile organization?” If so, then this is for you. Today the Agile Leadership Practice... Source ..read more

How do you make decisions? And how can you improve the process? In this short video I summarise research on how we make decisions and share a few simple techniques through which you can improve your decision making. This is a small excerpt from “Decision making under uncertainty” in Active Agile Leadership Skills Program. Thanks to Jimmy for putting this together! Source ..read more

What does it take to lead in an Agile environment? You have probably seen inspiring acts of leadership that made a difference. We’d like to hear about it! Today we launch activeagileleadership.com. A platform for leadership insights and practices in Agile environments. Want to know more? Let’s start with Mindset. Leading in an Agile environment is different. More trust and responsibility is put in... Source ..read more

This is the second article in my series on integrating discovery and delivery. In the first article I outlined some common challenges I have seen holding organizations back from benefiting fully from both. In this article I will introduce some patterns that will help you integrate product discovery and product delivery in a way that works. These patterns have all been field tested in practice. Source ..read more

Most organizations that I meet in my work are struggling to integrate product discovery and agile delivery in a simple practical way that works. I will illustrate what I mean by giving you examples of a couple of very common issues. Most organizations are in practice using agile to excel at delivery, not product development. Almost every organization has experienced the challenges and pains with... Source ..read more

A downloadable version of this article can be found here. One of the strongest management trends right now in companies striving towards Agile is undoubtedly OKRs, “Objectives and Key Results”. But how do OKRs stack up against the alternatives when it comes to alignment frameworks? And what are the potential undesirable behaviors that come with them? That is what I intend to explore in this... Source ..read more

We took the opportunity to interview Stephen “Art of Action” Bungay during his last visit in Stockholm. Stephen has worked with strategy and making it come alive in areas stretching from Business to Formula 1. We were curious to know: What is the “Art of action” (and how does it help Strategy to come alive)What is the differences/similarities to OKR’s (objectives and key results)What... Source ..read more