by Kiron Bondale | Aug 7, 2023 | Agile, Facilitating Organization Change, improving project management, management failure, project management, Psychological Safety
I’ve almost finished reading “Gigs, Hustles & Temps” by Jason Foster which is about precarious work and the negative impacts it creates on individuals, their families and society in general. While we might think of precarious work as something limited to Uber...
by Kiron Bondale | Feb 6, 2023 | Agile, Facilitating Organization Change, improving project management, management failure
(Before you correct me for misstating the iconic quote in this article’s title, read ahead) Over the past week, I’ve seen a number of posts from different practitioners on the Mastodon.world instance complaining about agile. Here are a few of the examples I’ve read:...
by Kiron Bondale | Feb 6, 2023 | communications, Facilitating Organization Change, improving project management, project management, Psychological Safety
When I first read it, I found that one of the more interesting characters in Tom Clancy’s debut novel, The Hunt for Red October, was the political officer, Ivan Putin. His role is to ensure that the leadership and crew of the nuclear submarine were acting in alignment...
by Kiron Bondale | Jan 16, 2023 | Facilitating Organization Change, improving project management, project management, team building
I’m in the middle of Adrian Gostick and Chester Elton’s book Leading with Gratitude. I really enjoyed one of their previous books, The Carrot Principle, which provided great case studies on the importance of recognition in the work place as well as multiple...
by Kiron Bondale | Jan 9, 2023 | Agile, Facilitating Organization Change, improving project management, management failure, project management, Psychological Safety
This week, I participated in an interesting discussion on Mastodon in which the initiator asked for input on ways to frame agility based on the core problems which a team might be trying to solve. This is useful as it can help to answer the “why” behind an approach...
by Kiron Bondale | Dec 5, 2022 | Agile, Facilitating Organization Change, improving project management, project management
Regardless of what type of work your team does, work boards can be a helpful tool. But just because they can be helpful doesn’t mean they are always implemented well. The most common mistake is when teams don’t keep their work boards up to date with the actual status...
