Covid is Driving Agility – How to Surf the Wave?
In a 2015 TED Talk, Bill Gates mentioned that probably the world is more ready to deal with a nuclear war but not ready to deal with an outbreak of Epidemic. Indeed, but unfortunately, Covid-19 is spreading almost like what Bill Gates predicted. It’s spreading worldwide as rapidly as like a software virus. Though much […]
CHOW # 174 – De-stressing in an open office
Sriram was very excited and totally fascinated by Vignesh, the coach who had conducted a 45 minute immersion session on mindfulness at work. He felt very refreshed and even though it was close to the end of the day and there were a few escalations to be handled, he thought that this break was time […]
Agile Leadership Canvas – Cultivating Agile Mindset and Culture
We don’t have to pull the plants to make them grow. We have to just nurture them with water & soil and allow enough sunlight to fall on them (remove impediments), they will grow and bear fruits, quite efficiently. Leaders’ role is like that of farmers. They need to create an environment where people thrive […]
Reign of emotions
All through my career, I have seen how emotions can work wonders but also cause turmoil in the mind. I am not excluded from that internal battle. As I was reflecting on my career, I realized a few such moments are stuck in my mind. There may not be much for the readers to learn […]
CHOW #134 – Individual Discipline in Agile
“Yes. Individual discipline is a key component of an Agile organisation. I will tell you why…” Why and how is individual discipline a key component of an Agile organisation? Can you discuss this in terms of the Agile principles of Individuals and Interactions over Processes and Tools, Responding to Change over Following a Plan, Simplicity? […]
Mindfulness for Agile Culture and Mindset – Extract from our upcoming book
This blog post is an extract from our upcoming book on organisational agility. The objective of the book is to help leaders, managers and change agents (including internal and external agile coaches) involved in organizational agile transformations and project / program managers, scrum masters and team members address the concerns of IT organizations as they try […]
Mindfulness: A tool to enhance Personal Effectiveness
Mindfulness is one of the buzz words in the industry these days. Mindfulness is a technique to bring and keep the mind in the present moment, moment by moment. There are umpteen number of researches done and experiences shared by many people on the benefits of Mindfulness in terms of positive emotions, reduced stress & […]
CHOW #66- Being motivated in tough times
Ram, is running a fixed price project with a team of 24. He has built this team over the last 6 months. They have completed two early releases, and 4 releases are due over the next 12 months. Ram has built a good rapport with all his team members, and is well regarded by his […]
CHOW #5- How to build a culture of valuing the values in the team?
You have taken over a new team as manager. You notice that there are several behavioral issues in the team, like a few of the members not being punctual, a few others not taking responsibility, and generally team not collaborating with each other etc. This is affecting the project work and is impacting the outcomes of […]
