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An Agilist’s Manifesto of Friendship!
By Brian Lucas This one is for Jack! Agile runs on confidence, confidence is built on trust, trust is built on friendship. Agile enterprises built on any other foundation are houses of cards ready to collapse at the slightest pressure. … Continue reading
Posted in Agile Arguments, Agile for Beginners, Agile in the Enterprise, Agile Thinking
Tagged Agile, Agile Adoption, Agile Thinking, Business Agility, Business Management, Dale Carnegie, Employee Satisfaction, Friendship, How to Win Friends & Influence People, Human Capital, Keeping Agile, Organization
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Brainstorming your way to being agile
By Brian Lucas This one is dedicated to Shakia, who would have inspired Byron beyond her physical beauty with the sublime nature of her self-sacrifice. “The enterprise that does not innovate inevitably ages and declines. And in a period of … Continue reading
Excerpts from: BUILDING A CULTURE OF ENGAGEMENT: THE IMPORTANCE OF SENIOR LEADERSHIP
By Brian Lucas This is the fifth in a series of excerpts from white papers I am posting due to the gracious generosity of Katie Iorio-Martin in response to the enthusiastic requests for more information by many of her interview readers. … Continue reading
Excerpts from: ENHANCING EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT: THE ROLE OF THE IMMEDIATE SUPERVISOR
By Brian Lucas This is the fourth in a series of excerpts from white papers I am posting due to the gracious generosity of Katie Iorio-Martin in response to the enthusiastic requests for more information by many of her interview readers. … Continue reading
Excerpts from: EMOTIONAL DRIVERS OF EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT
By Brian Lucas This is the third in a series of excerpts from white papers I am posting due to the gracious generosity of Katie Iorio-Martin in response to the enthusiastic requests for more information by many of her interview readers. … Continue reading
Excerpts from: THE DYNAMICS OF EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT
By Brian Lucas This is the second in a series of excerpts from white papers I am posting due to the gracious generosity of Katie Iorio-Martin in response to the enthusiastic requests for more information by many of her interview readers. … Continue reading
True Agile Managers make one feel good
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
Sailing in an Agile Ship with Vision and Knowledge to Guide You
By Brian Lucas Dedicated to Joseph P. Wisdo (1951-2013) Colleague, Friend and Humanitarian “Ideals are like stars; you will not succeed in touching them with your hands. But like the seafaring man on the desert of waters, you choose them … Continue reading
Posted in Agile and Strategic Planning, Agile Arguments, Agile for Beginners, Agile in the Enterprise
Tagged Agile, Agile Thinking, Business Agility, Business Management, CEO, CIO, Employee Satisfaction, Information, Innovation, Keeping Agile, Management, Management Theory, Organization, Technology
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A Natural Agilist Returns to His Roots
By Brian Lucas George Santos is the epitome of the rising tide of executives leaving the large corporate world. They are striking out on their own to become the foundation of a new emergent business economy. They represent a new … Continue reading
Posted in Agile and Strategic Planning, Agile for Beginners, Agile in the Enterprise, Interview with a Natural Agilist
Tagged Agile, Agile Thinking, Business Agility, Business Managment, Employee Satisfaction, Keeping Agile, Lehigh Valley, Management, Management 3.0, Management Theory, Organization
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13 Keeping Agile Predictions for 2013
By Brian Lucas “It’s tough to make predictions, especially about the future.” – Lawrence Peter “Yogi” Berra Don’t look for sources[1] here! My predictions, after all, are my predictions. Follow them and either praise or vilify me at the year’s … Continue reading
The Era of Agile Management Has Finally Arrived
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
Posted in Agile and Strategic Planning, Agile Arguments, Agile in the Enterprise
Tagged Agile, Agile Adoption, Agile management, Agile Thinking, Business Agility, Business Management, C Level, Human Capital, Innovation, Keeping Agile, Management, Management Theory, Organization, Organization Structure
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Mission Impossible Really was Agile
By Brian Lucas This one is for you Fran! “Good morning Mr. Briggs/Phelps[1], the situation in…Your mission should you decide to accept it is to…” This is a second perspective on Mission Impossible (MI), one of my all-time favorite TV … Continue reading
The Night of the Deadly Micromanager
By Brian Lucas “Artie, I think we managed to get ourselves in a little trouble!” –James West speaking tongue-in-cheek to Artemus Gordon when confronted by arch-villain Miguelito Loveless, a brilliant, but megalomaniacal little person. In our rushed working environment today, … Continue reading
Is Agile Really Mission Impossible?
By Brian Lucas “Your mission should you decide to accept it…” voice of Robert Cleveland “Bob” Johnson. Acted to the theme music of Lalo Schifrin, is Agile really mission impossible? You are in a tense situation. Profits are down or non-existent. … Continue reading
Posted in Agile and Strategic Planning, Agile Arguments, Agile for Beginners, Agile for Software Development, Agile in the Enterprise
Tagged Agile, Agile Adoption, Business Agility, Business Management, Keeping Agile, Management Theory, Mission Impossible, Organization, Organization Structure, scrum, Software Development
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What Every CIO Should Know about Agile Architectures
By Brian Lucas Agile concepts, techniques and technologies are much in demand today. Many organizations have astounding success with agile, while others experience failure, sometimes horrifically. Usually agile fails in these cases from improper application of the concepts or lack … Continue reading
Posted in Agile and Strategic Planning, Agile Arguments, Agile for Beginners, Agile for Software Development, Agile in the Enterprise
Tagged Agile, Agile Adoption, Application Architecture, Business Agility, CEO, Enterprise architecture, Keeping Agile, Management, Open Group Architecture Framework, Organization, Organization Structure, scrum, Software Development
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My Agile Bookshelf
By Brian Lucas To all my loyal readers and hopefully many more new ones; you have asked many times for agile book recommendations. Well here they are! I usually purchase ecopies of books like this since they are easier to … Continue reading
Posted in Agile and Strategic Planning, Agile Arguments, Agile for Beginners, Agile for Software Development, Agile in the Enterprise
Tagged Agile, Agile Adoption, Agile Methods, Business Agility, Business Management, Keeping Agile, Management 3.0, Management Theory, Microsoft TFS, Organization, scrum, Software Development
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Life in the C – Lane will surely make you lose your mind
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
Posted in Agile and Strategic Planning, Agile Arguments, Agile in the Enterprise
Tagged Agile, Agile Adoption, Business Agility, Business Management, C Level, CEO, Employee Satisfaction, Finance, Human Capital, Keeping Agile, Management, Management Theory, Organization, Organization Structure
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The Imperative of having an Agile Organization Structure
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
Posted in Agile and Strategic Planning, Agile Arguments, Agile in the Enterprise, Agile Thinking
Tagged Agile, Agile Adoption, Alvin Toffler, Business Agility, Business Management, C Level, CEO, Keeping Agile, Management, Management 3.0, Management Theory, Organization, Organization Structure, scrum
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HCM, HIM and Agile are Perfect Together
By Brian Lucas In the recent past, I was asked to address the subject of human capital management, the emergence of human interaction management and their effect on agile. The fact is that the people element in the system is … Continue reading
Why CEOs Fail in Today’s Agile Business Environment
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
Employee Suggestions
By Brian Lucas “Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen.” -John Steinbeck A glimpse of life in an agile business versus a non-agile enterprise. At the … Continue reading
A Tale of Two Companies – A glimpse of life in an agile business versus a non-agile enterprise.
By Brian Lucas “Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning.” – Benjamin Franklin If you look at the history of people and progress, you’ll see three types of people: those who are … Continue reading
Posted in A Tale of Two Companies, Agile and Strategic Planning, Agile Arguments, Agile for Beginners, Agile in the Enterprise, Employee Suggestions
Tagged Agile, Agile Methods, Agile Thinking, Agility, Business Agility, Business Managment, Employee Satisfaction, Human Capital, Keeping Agile, Management, Organization, scrum, Software Development
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So what is Agile?
By Brian Lucas I am dedicating my first post to Michael Milutis, who encouraged me to begin blogging and sharing the small store of wisdom I have gathered over the years. Here’s to you Mike! “By three methods we may … Continue reading
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