“The people in your organization are already self-organizing within the bounds of the current constraints. Don't like the results? Look at the constraints.” ~estherderby 🌻

"The first step of any project is to grossly underestimate its complexity and difficulty." ~@nicollhunt

If you develop performance goals independently for each individual, you are incurring losses you will never recoup.

#NationalRoundaboutsWeek Yes!! Roundabouts work very well IF everyone follows the rules... Here are a few tips.

I forced a bot to watch over 1,000 hours of Dos Equis commercials and then asked it to write a Dos Equis commercial of its own. Here is the first page.

There’s no such thing as “best in class”. There’s only “best in context”.

While “losing control” is one of the biggest fears in management, “having control” is one of the biggest illusions

My newest book #DataStory is now available for pre-order! Learn to explain #data and inspire action through story: bit.ly/2KeSBdq

This is also why using a task-first tool to run projects is the wrong approach. When everything’s a task, you tend to make a lot of them! And you tend to make them for other people! The tools you use have a huge impact on how you work. Pay attention to your choices.

“Properly identified & positioned, constraints serve as regulators that enable organizational operations to be synchronized & controlled."

“More detailed planning will never decrease the inherent variability of output vis-a-vis capacity, but will always increase lead time.: #TOC

If three people can’t do it, we chisel it down until they can. Here’s why we work in small teams of three → m.signalvnoise.com/threes-company…

What life was like before CAD (computer-aided design tools). Source: bit.ly/1WMNdRb

Came across this excellent graphic about how to zipper merge. It works to keep traffic moving, if everyone works together. x.com/Wygle/status/9…

Good employees in a poor system are commonly mistaken for poor employees.

“Just find what works for you, what style suits you best, and just be confident enough to rock it.” —Odell Beckham Jr. —(and K-9 Copper)

Our highest priority is "to satisfy the customer through early and continuous delivery of valuable software". NOT "to satisfy the PM by estimating in story points, promising how many we'll get done and getting called SLOW or INEFFICIENT when we don't deliver all of them". #agile