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Don’t Forget the Customer of Your Change Initiative

January 1, 2020 Coach Lankford Leave a comment

The customer of your change initiative is your team and the people in it. Put your teams at the helm of change. This will ensure your success.

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Posted in: Agile Mindset, Leadership, Transformation Filed under: Agile, Change, Continuous Improvement, Leadership, Teamwork

Out With the Old, In With the New

December 22, 2019 Coach Lankford

Speed up behavior change by going “all-in” I am an Agile Coach. In my chosen profession, change is the norm.…

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Posted in: Agile Mindset, Leadership, Transformation Filed under: Agile, Agile Mindset, Change, Continuous Improvement, Improvement
Collective Product Ownership

The Secret to Product Owner Success

December 13, 2019 Coach Lankford 6 Comments

A “Whole Team” collective product ownership approach can be a force multiplier. Many minds working together will catapult your product to a positive customer outcome and business impact.

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Posted in: Agile Mindset, Leadership, Transformation Filed under: Agile, Collective Product Ownership, Product Owner, Scrum, Teamwork

Let’s Put the “Continuous” in Continuous Improvement

November 28, 2019 Coach Lankford Leave a comment

Creating a mindset of continuous improvement requires frequent practice.

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Posted in: Agile Mindset, Leadership, Transformation Filed under: Adapt, Agile Mindset, Change, Continuous Improvement, Inspect

We Need Managers to Become Agile Leaders

November 17, 2019 Coach Lankford Leave a comment

To be agile, we desperately need active engagement by Agile Leaders.

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Posted in: Agile Mindset, Leadership, Transformation Filed under: Agile Leaders, Agile Mindset, Gemba, Leadership, Transformation

Good Versus Great and the Agile Mindset

November 4, 2019 Coach Lankford Leave a comment

The Agile Mindset transcends debates on good versus great. Iterative, incremental improvement is critical to being Agile.

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Posted in: Agile Mindset, Leadership, Transformation Filed under: Agile Mindset, Change, Emergent, Learning, Simplicity

Is Agile All About Better, Faster, and Cheaper?

October 28, 2019 Coach Lankford Leave a comment

Better, Faster, and Cheaper is not the goal of Agile

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Posted in: Agile Mindset, Leadership, Transformation Filed under: Agile Mindset, Leadership, Maximize Outcomes, Respect For People, Simplicity, Value

Speeding Up Your Agile Transformation

October 20, 2019 Coach Lankford Leave a comment

We need safety to form the mindset necessary for change.

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Posted in: Agile Mindset, Leadership, Transformation Filed under: Agile, Agile Mindset, Continuous Improvement, Fear, Leadership, Management, Safety, Transformation

Customizing Agile Coaching to a Team’s Technology Context – New Technology

October 14, 2019 Coach Lankford Leave a comment

Unfamiliar technology requires an experimental, safe approach. Read more in my latest post.

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Posted in: Agile Mindset, Transformation Filed under: Agile, Agile Mindset, Experiment, Learning, Safety

Customizing Agile Coaching to a Team’s Product Context – New Products

August 28, 2019 Coach Lankford Leave a comment

New products require rapid learning by the whole team. Read more in my latest post.

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Posted in: Agile Mindset, Transformation Filed under: Agile, Agile Mindset, Collaboration, Collective Product Ownership, Right Product

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Lean Leverage: It’s what happens when you remove the inessential to deliver maximum outcomes while respecting people. When the superfluous is out of the way, you get two benefits. First, you don’t waste energy on what is not needed, and second, you focus more quality time on what needs to be done. This blog attempts to live up to these goals.

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