Agile Diary

In our assignment this week we were asked to watched materials about radical ideas, leadership, complexity, structures and business agility.  We've have been asked to use this newly acquired knowledge, to "designing your perfect company"  Let me start by stating that the word "perfect" is subjective here. Understanding that organizations can be both complicated and complex (we are dealing with human beings after all) - designing the "perfect" company becomes somewhat a quagmire. So here it is simplistic but we have to start somewhere -  How would it work?  Employees themselves determine what to do, based on a common goal and a clear company vision. What would be their values and principles?  Purpose over Profit Networks over Hierarchies Empowerment over Control Experimentation over Planning Transparency over Privacy   How people would collaborate?  Employees themselves determine what to do and how to collaborate in order to create, build, innovate...

 Week 5 already. Another busy week and I'm currently working on my assignments before I go Annual Leave. I created a facilitation canvas, which was excellent timing. I have been preparing to do a team lift-off and the canvas helped me gather my thoughts in one place and allowed me to share it with my fellow cohort, Andy. I also got to design an interesting retrospective. I'm planning on using this when after I return from Annual Leave :) Reading is always in abundant in this program. This week  Signal That You Have No Authority - https://newtechusa.net/signal-that-you-have-no-authority/ Positioning Is Signaling - https://newtechusa.net/positioning-is-signaling/ Use Your Body When Facilitating - https://newtechusa.net/use-your-body-when-facilitating/ Invite Facilitation - https://newtechusa.net/invite-facilitation/ It was an interesting read by I really prefer to see this in real life. See it in action so to speak. In our weekly session, we learned about dysfunctional personas ...

 One of our assignments this week (in the Agile Coaching Lab) was to read and reflect on Daniel Mezick series of blog posts called Agile Coaching Lessons. As it is 1.21am in the morning, I'm not even sure if I'll be making much sense. So I'm supposed to think how I could use the lessons in my facilitation? What could I try straightaway?  Mezick writes - "Signal That You Have No Authority"  It is ironic that Agile Coaches are called Agile Coaches (whom are Servant Leaders) - a great example of an oxymoron.  However, the lesson here is to relinquish authority not matter how logical or tempting it may be. But what does that really look like I wonder?  I think, perhaps by adopting a Facilitator's Neutral (Unbiased) Stance may help the team understand that I have no hidden agenda (not am I pushing one). That I come from a place of neutrality. I'm not the subject matter expert nor am I there to tell them what to do.  The neutral stance may look something lik...