• Fayol’s Bridge

    Preface: this post is for organizations, which struggle with their complicated setup. Fayol’s Bridge, named after the renowned French mining engineer and management theorist Henri Fayol, represents a crucial link…

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  • Skin in the game

    tl;dr: Sharing the burden of risk in big decisions is crucial. It promotes fairness, streamlines business, and helps manage risk. Moreover, on the long run it fosters a deeper understanding…

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  • Net negative producing developer

    This blog post is about an anti pattern – and on top contains another anti pattern in itself (in my opinion). So what is a net negative producing developer? Originally…

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  • Pairing

    (Spoiler alert: the secret benefit of pairing is better understanding and cooperation within the team.)I think you all know pair programming or even mob programming – maybe you do it…

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  • RACI matrix

    Honestly, I wasn’t sure whether to include this approach in a blog about complexity and agile transformation. Yet, the RACI model can help oraganizations to organize their basic structures when…

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  • Open books

    In my former company, we opened our books about 15 years ago. And since then, it was a crucial part of our collaboration.In an agile organization, opening the books—sharing financial…

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  • Status quo bias

    I’ll confess, I’m a creature of habit. The same coffee shop order every morning, the well-worn route to work – there’s a comfort in the familiar. The status quo bias,…

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  • Dynamic facilitation

    Ever heard of dynamic facilitation? It is a powerful method for facilitating group discussions and problem-solving sessions in a dynamic and innovative way. Unlike traditional facilitation techniques that rely on…

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