Tag Archives: C Level

Your not agile if you are just parroting!

Posted on July 7, 2014 by Brian Lucas

By Brian Lucas The one is for my friend RC, who has gone through life helping more people than anyone can count! “Platitude: an idea (a) that is admitted to be true by everyone, and (b) that is not true.” – H. … Continue reading →

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WhatWentWrong@healthcare.gov

Posted on November 18, 2013 by Brian Lucas

By Brian Lucas This one is dedicated to Sally, “Di politica nunquam nos!” “Truth never damages a cause that is just.” ― Mahatma Gandhi By now most of America knows that the healthcare.gov website – one of the main delivery portals of … Continue reading →

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True Agile Managers make one feel good

Posted on March 27, 2013 by Brian Lucas

By Brian Lucas This one is for JPD! “I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”  – Maya Angelou Those of us in business … Continue reading →

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The Era of Agile Management Has Finally Arrived

Posted on November 26, 2012 by Brian Lucas

By Brian Lucas “Good management consists in showing average people how to do the work of superior people.” -John D. Rockefeller[1] “Employees who believe that management is concerned about them as a whole person – not just an employee – … Continue reading →

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Life in the C – Lane will surely make you lose your mind

Posted on August 28, 2012 by Brian Lucas

By Brian Lucas “Life in the fast lane, surely make you lose your mind.  Life in the fast lane, everything all the time.” – the Eagles Just like the title of the Eagles classic tune, “Life in the fast lane”, life … Continue reading →

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The Imperative of having an Agile Organization Structure

Posted on August 24, 2012 by Brian Lucas

By Brian Lucas This one is dedicated to Bill Gore and all those who came after him like Reid Hoffman and Jeff Weiner. “Change before you have to”. –Jack Welch The stress that all organizations are under today is unprecedented.  … Continue reading →

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A Natural Agilist Finds a Home with Main Line Health’s “Healthy” Agile Organization

Posted on August 13, 2012 by Brian Lucas

By Brian Lucas Main Line Health is a shining star of agility in Southeastern Pennsylvania’s health care industry.  In fact, it is one of the most progressive health care organizations in the country.  Main Line Health is not a small enterprise; … Continue reading →

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Middle of the Road CIOs are Getting Hit by the Innovation Truck

Posted on June 19, 2012 by Brian Lucas

By Brian Lucas “It is better to err on the side of daring than the side of caution.” –Alvin Toffler The other day I heard a manager state that he was “a middle of the road kind of guy.” At … Continue reading →

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Why CEOs Fail in Today’s Agile Business Environment

Posted on June 6, 2012 by Brian Lucas

By Brian Lucas “It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change.” – Charles Darwin CEOs have always come in all flavors … Continue reading →

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