by Shiv Sivaguru | Nov 24, 2019 | Mindfulness, Sivaguru
I recently had an opportunity to talk to a hospital administrator. I had met him in the context of understanding how they approached customer focus in their organization. He explained his role and the challenges his team needs to handle on a daily basis and how his...
by Shiv Sivaguru | Feb 11, 2019 | Business Excellence, Sivaguru
Recently, I was in a conversation with my colleague, Ms Chitra Gurjar, as an episode guest on the Software Lifecycle Stories podcast. The question I was asked was my take on Business Excellence and Knowledge Management. As that was an unscripted conversation, I had...
by Shiv Sivaguru | Oct 8, 2018 | Agile, Sivaguru
One of the comments that I hear very often is that adopting Agile practices results in too many ‘meetings’ and hence become counterproductive. When I observe some of these ‘meetings’, some common [anti-] patterns are found across teams [and...
by Shiv Sivaguru | Jun 25, 2018 | Agile, Sivaguru
This is one of the frequent questions that I get asked. In many instances, it is posed a little differently – from teams that started with scrum, as they felt they needed a lightweight process compared to more traditional approaches but find it difficult to get...
by Shiv Sivaguru | Jan 29, 2018 | Agile, Sivaguru
Recently I had the opportunity to lead an assessment of Business Excellence at one of the Navaratna units. This unit [and also others in the same organization] had started adoption of the DuPont model for safety. As I interacted with different participants in this...
by Shiv Sivaguru | Oct 9, 2017 | Agile, Sivaguru
One of the most frequently asked questions is ‘what are the right metrics for an Agile project?’ My response usually is something like this: Borrowing from a popular quote from George Box, the famous statistician, ‘All models are wrong. But, some are...
