And here's the interview... tameflow.com/blog/2020-10-2…

We still have not come to fully appreciate the brilliance of Sacha Baron Cohen. #Borat

This. It’s the system that governs how we behave as society. Measurement will have an impact on behaviour simply because someone, somewhere, is paying attention to it. #johtaminen #leadership #systems101

No matter the outcome tomorrow-- the work remains the same. To touch and hold the coming years in warmth. To carry the brokenness in hands full of flavors, hearts in full color. The tending is the absolute. Ardor is the fire of meeting the day without going blank. #WarmData

“There's a limit to how much honest feedback most leaders really want to hear; because we know this, most of us sugar-coat our opinions whenever we speak to a powerful person. ... (1 of 2)

(2 of 2) ... In a deep hierarchy, that process is repeated many times, until the truth is utterly concealed inside a thick layer of sweet-talk.” Tim Harford

Sonja Blignaut We’ve done so,me really interesting research on feedback up through hierarchy, and gender plays a surprising role. Women are much more likely to ignore hierarchy and use wirearchy, whilst men typically report up the line. 2 networks, same org. One females, one males.

"Current performance is, axiomatically, dependent on current thinking. What works is changing thinking." -John Seddon Thinking dominates all. Changing management thinking is strategic. #johtaminen #leadership #complexity #covid19

Contextual blindness - the tendency for members of the privileged to think that something other than luck was responsible for their position and privilege ->

“The minute you supply a person with the answers… you block them, once and for all, from the opportunity of inventing those same answers for themselves… [If] what you want is action to be taken, then you must refrain from giving the answers.” —Eli Goldratt #tocot

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Am 10. Mai gibt es beim #scrumtisch #aachen die Agile Teamflow-Simulation von OkaloaFlowlab mit Patrick Steyaert, Arlette Vercammen, Stefanie Damoser und mir. Hier geht es zur Anmeldung: xing.com/events/scrumti…

Okaloa Going Upstream at #LAG21 shoutout.wix.com/so/31NatFY28?l… Patrick Steyaert OkaloaFlowlab

And a BIG shout out goes to Carine Lucas and Patrick Steyaert who co-authored this paper. They were great minds to work with. (Still are no doubt. Happy wishes to you two & all.) Funny how this paper still seems relevant today and pops up again every few years when brainstorming

Agile masters, pay attention. On April 4th, the infamous Daniel Vacanti & Patrick Steyaert will teach & discuss advanced agile organisation on our stage. And you can be there. Seats are limited, so don't wait to grab your ticket. eventbrite.com/e/275526656647

I won't pretend to know how the Elon Musk acquisition of Twitter will turn out but it's pretty striking that every comment I've seen from anyone whose opinion I respect has been expressing nothing but devastation, pessimism, and rage.

With Twitter's change in ownership last week, I'm probably in the clear to talk about the most unethical thing I was asked to build while working at Twitter. 🧵