Ending a TV show and ways of working

I had a discussion with my partner recently about how so few TV shows had decent endings, even if they had a huge amount of money thrown into them like Game of Thrones. After a bit of reading I stumbled across this answer from Scott Miller which I thought looked a lot like some of … Continue reading Ending a TV show and ways of working →

When RAG statuses go bad

We can tell when the use of a RAG status is going to be ineffective - when the statuses haven't been defined. If we don't give definitions to what red, amber, and green mean then things can start to unravel later on. In this post I suggest three ways a RAG status can be misused … Continue reading When RAG statuses go bad →

Four reasons why your process introduction may have failed

You've come up with the perfect process, written a summary document which explains what people must do at each stage and got the go-ahead from your boss! Fast forward to three months later and your colleagues haven't read your document, some are still working through back doors to get things done and an annoying few are ignoring the new process completely. Here are four reasons why it might not have gone to plan...

Chaos and Innovation

The word 'chaos' is used in the Cynefin framework to describe a domain where the agents of a system have no constraints. While the chaotic domain can be a bad place to be, in the right circumstances it can be used to fuel innovation. Liz Keogh has previously posted about isolated idea generation and Cognitive Edge … Continue reading Chaos and Innovation →

Velocity 2015, 2: System Design = Organisation Design

This is the second of a series of posts covering what I learnt at Velocity Amsterdam 2015. During the second day, Mike Amundsen of CA Technologies shared his insights into the works of Melvin Conway. While Conway's Law may be well known, it is only stated as the thesis of his article "How do committees invent?". Mike showed that … Continue reading Velocity 2015, 2: System Design = Organisation Design →