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In Unaccountability is how organisations fail to improve, I talked about how becoming a learning organisation is the pathway to better business outcomes, and why unaccountability prevents learning. I’ve been thinking about hindsight bias recently, and why it’s different to an unaccountability culture. Unlike unaccountability, hindsight bias isn’t a choice, and it’s universal. Hindsight bias […]
When I’m asked by senior leaders about technology transformation, I recommend creating a learning organisation through an accountability culture. If an organisation doesn’t have accountability, it won’t learn from itself, and it won’t improve itself. The Accelerate book by Dr. Nicole Forsgren et al proved that the key predictor of better business outcomes is a […]
At Equal Experts, I have the benefit of working on my leadership skills with an occupational psychologist, Emily Morris . Recently, Emily gave me a powerful self-awareness tool: identifying my personal values. I’m values-driven. I’m always delighted when people like Chris O’Dell , Dave Farley , Liz Leakey, and Thomas de Cad’oro Granier act in […]
A while ago, a media customer asked me to assess their search team. They’d been told to adopt Continuous Delivery practices, while still shipping features. The team struggled to make changes, deadlines were missed, and morale was low. I sympathised, and could see most of the pain was self-inflicted. Other teams had successfully adopted Continuous […]
(available on LinkedIn) When I advise senior technology leaders, I like to understand how they work, so I can adapt my style to help them succeed. So when they’re thinking about making changes, I’ll ask: How do you want to manage feedback for this initiative, from concept to execution? That tells me whether they see […]
(available on LinkedIn) I describe myself an engineering advisor. An engineering leader, a former engineer, who now likes to advise other engineering leaders. And as an advisor, I often reflect on what makes someone effective, and ineffective, in such a role. What makes a good advisor? One way to define good advice is by understanding […]
(available on LinkedIn) I’ve been reflecting on servant leadership a lot recently. It started in August, when I saw Lauren Woods‘s inspiring talk at ETLS Las Vegas about her leadership at Southwest Airlines. (Gene Kim and I swap notes on IT Revolution and Agile On The Beach speaker management, and we agree an event has […]
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